The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to approve any type of testosterone replacement therapy as a treatment for age-associated low testosterone levels, otherwise known as “Low T.” Yet manufacturers of testosterone supplements have aggressively marketed products like Androgel to thousands of middle aged American men who believed they... Read more »

A resident of Minnesota has filed a Risperdal lawsuit, alleging that the medication resulted in gynecomastia and other severe complications. The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, names Johnson & Johnson Company and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, as... Read more »

A California resident is the most recent complainant in the ongoing federal court battle against Fresenius Medical Care (FMC), the world’s largest dialysis services and products company. Mr. Ronnie Miller, the Plaintiff, is the anticipated Administrator of the estate of Lula Brown, who died of sudden cardiac arrest in December,... Read more »

The federal judge presiding over thousands of Actos lawsuits that are currently consolidated in a multi-district litigation (MDL) recently issued a handful of case management orders. The orders are an apparent attempt to streamline the large, complex litigation, encourage large-scale settlement, and prevent duplication of thousands of state court Actos... Read more »

Administrative Judge Kevin Dougherty of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas recently issued an order that has created a mass tort docket for Xarelto lawsuits filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals. The January 21, 2015 order affects at least 75 cases that share common allegations regarding the medication,... Read more »

Fraudulent concealment, negligence and fraud are just some of the causes of action leveled against Xarelto manufacturers by a California plaintiff who suffered personal injuries after ingesting the drug. The product liability lawsuit is just one of dozens which claim the anticoagulant is defective and inherently dangerous due to its... Read more »

Families who are suing Zoloft manufacturer Pfizer based on allegations that the SSRI caused birth defects in their children have been granted a second chance to present an expert witness, according to a recent ruling by Judge Cynthia M. Rufe. The plaintiffs’ Zoloft birth defects lawsuits have been centralized for... Read more »

Recent studies have provided conflicting and controversial results regarding testosterone drug risk to patients undergoing testosterone replacement therapy. However, a new report titled “Testosterone Therapy and Risk of Myocardial Infarction: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study” published on January 13, found statistically significant results. Researchers Mahyar Etminan, Sean C. Skeldon, Sheldon Larry Goldenberg,... Read more »

Allegations by a former Daiichi Sankyo sales representative against her ex-employer have resulted in the global pharmaceutical titan agreeing to pay a $39 million settlement to the United States and state Medicaid programs. The former rep filed suit on behalf of the United States under the whistle blower provisions of... Read more »

With a potentially massive wave of litigation building relating to the suspected link between talcum power and cancer, a federal judge has given the green light to a plaintiff’s conspiracy claim against pharmaceutical and personal care product manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. This development may give rise to much greater scrutiny... Read more »