The Janssen unit of Johnson & Johnson recently announced a Xarelto recall due to the discovery of a microbial contamination. To date, information regarding the exact nature of the contamination has not been released and so far it appears that no patients have suffered an illness because of the problem.... Read more »

As the wave of lawsuits involving antipsychotic drug Risperdal continues to gain momentum, several key cases are slated for trial in the coming months in Pennsylvania state court. These suits involve allegations made on behalf of males who suffered excessive breast development after taking the medication in their youth. Johnson &... Read more »

Plaintiffs across the country have filed at least 21 Xarelto lawsuits against the maker of the popular blood thinner. The product liability lawsuits have been filed in 10 separate federal district courts. A group of the federal plaintiffs have now filed a motion for transfer requesting that the U.S. Judicial... Read more »

An 87-year-old California man has filed a Xarelto injury lawsuit against Janssen Research & Development, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, and Bayer Healthcare after experiencing adverse side effects as a result of ingesting the drug. Allen Grossman allegedly suffered inter alia life-threatening bleeding and other severe and personal injuries... Read more »

Earlier this month, a 79-year-old Philadelphia woman received a $2 million Actos lawsuit award for her bladder cancer claim. The jurors, after deliberating for more than five hours, found that the manufacturer was liable for Frances Wisniewski’s bladder cancer because it failed to warn her doctors about the cancer risk.... Read more »

The drug Januvia is a widely-popular diabetes treatment option known as an “incretin mimetic.” The drug is manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp. (hereinafter, “Merck”) and is one of the top-selling diabetes medications to date. However, an increasing number of Januvia users are reporting the sudden and... Read more »

A talcum powder lawsuit filed by 65 women has been remanded, returning it to the Circuit Court of St. Louis, Missouri. Judge Jean C. Hamilton issued the order on September 24, indicating that the defendants in the case, Johnson & Johnson, had wrongly removed the case to federal court. The... Read more »

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, who is currently overseeing Lipitor multidistrict litigation in South Carolina, has announced the first bellwether trial will begin in October 2015. Discovery in the Lipitor diabetes lawsuits is currently underway. A bellwether trial is used to help both sides gauge the jury reaction to evidence... Read more »

An Actos class action lawsuit filed in Louisiana will remain separate from coordinated proceedings currently underway in that court, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Doherty recently issued an order stating the case filed by a health care fund will remain separate from hundreds of claims currently pending in... Read more »

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Greenstone LLC have been named defendants in a Lipitor diabetes lawsuit brought by Rosemary and Drew Reynolds. The Florida couple’s case was filed via short form complaint to be consolidated in the Lipitor Products Liability Litigation underway in Charleston, South Carolina. The Lipitor MDL 2502 has... Read more »