Plaintiffs who have filed product liability lawsuits against the manufacturers of popular proton pump inhibitors have requested that the judge schedule trial dates. The lawsuits were filed after plaintiffs claimed they sustained complications, including kidney injuries, after taking PPIs like Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, and Protonix. About 4,200 lawsuits have been... Read more »

A jury in New Jersey awarded a couple $117 million dollars following arguments that the defendant’s product resulted in the plaintiff’s diagnosis of mesothelioma, a type of cancer. Other juries have found the talc powder manufacturer liable in cases in which the plaintiffs allege the Shower to Shower powder caused... Read more »

A Mississippi man has filed a federal lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceuticals that alleges that the defendant’s negligence caused him to suffer from severe, permanent medical complications. Jim Dedeaux was prescribed Invokana by his physician, a diabetes medication manufactured by the defendant. He took it as prescribed, assuming from the information... Read more »

The number of product liability lawsuits over Sanofi-Aventis’s Taxotere causing permanent hair loss in women prescribed the medication for breast cancer reached about 7,500 cases in mid-December 2017, versus 28 cases in October 2016, according to court documents filed in late January. The Taxotere product liability lawsuits each raise similar... Read more »

Hundreds of plaintiffs and the defendant, Eli Lilly and Company, reached a global settlement agreement that resolves all federally filed Axiron lawsuits pending against the pharmaceutical giant. The move prompted the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, which had been overseeing the multidistrict litigation (MDL), to vacate... Read more »

In early December, a Philadelphia state court ruled against the makers of the anticoagulant Xarelto, ordering them to pay $27.8 million in damages due to their failure to warn patients and the medical community about the drug’s potential to cause internal bleeding. Drug makers Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson... Read more »

Several very large jury verdicts against the makers of Androgel, AbbVie, caused the U.S. District Judge in charge of Federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) in a number of Androgel trials to order the parties involved to attend a conference in early November to talk about settlement negotiation status. AbbVie Ordered to... Read more »

A phase III clinical study exploring the use of Xarelto (rivaroxaban) in preventing strokes and embolism in recent stroke patients has been stopped because Xarelto showed no more efficacy than the current recommended care, low doses of aspirin, while also demonstrating higher bleeding rates than aspirin. Study “Stopping Early for... Read more »

A jury in California recently ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who sued the manufacturing giant over the allegation that her long-term use of J&J talc powder led her to develop ovarian cancer. The award includes $347 in punitive damages, which are intended to punish... Read more »

Lawsuits again the manufacturers of heartburn medication Nexium and other proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been consolidated before a Federal judge in New Jersey. The suits to be coordinated before the judge involve Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, and Protonix. The manufacturers include AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Teva Pharmaceuticals and other heartburn drug makers.... Read more »