Bayer Healthcare, a pharmaceutical giant, revealed the resolution of thousands of Yaz lawsuits in its second quarter financial report for 2014. The company and over 17,000 claimants agreed to a settlement of over $1.8 billion. The plaintiffs had sued Bayer with regard to life-threatening side effects that were allegedly caused... Read more »

Dara Goldstein, individually and as successor in interest of the estate of Samuel Goldstein, has submitted a short form complaint for monetary damages against Merck, Sharpe & Dohme. The plaintiff claims that her now deceased husband developed pancreatic cancer and subsequently died as a direct result of taking the diabetes... Read more »

In a recent, and ongoing, federal lawsuit involving the diabetes drug Actos, manufacturer Takeda is now facing significant sanctions from U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca F. Doherty after a finding that it engaged in intentional and unlawful destruction of evidence tending to show it had knowledge of the dangers of... Read more »

An investigation by Deborah Cohen of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has revealed that Pradaxa manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim may have withheld analyses that might have prevented some Pradaxa bleeding events. Monitoring and dosing adjustments could make use of the drug even safer and more effective, according to Cohen’s findings. However, the... Read more »

In what is likely a precursor to the Food and Drug Administration taking regulatory action on low testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), the FDA has asked two advisory committees to meet on September 17 to evaluate the risks and reported testosterone side effects linked to so-called “Low T” drugs, such as AndroGel, Testim,... Read more »

Claims by plaintiffs in Benicar GI side effects lawsuits have recently been given support by a French study that was presented this past June at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago. The study brings to light just how great an impact using the blood pressure medication Benicar for a long term can... Read more »

The Los Angeles Superior Court is the site of a new product liability suit involving Bayer’s birth control pills marketed under the brand names Yaz and Yasmin. The controversial oral contraceptives, made with a fourth-generation progestin known to increase blood clot formation, have been associated with life-threatening health complications including... Read more »

The father of a twenty-nine year old New York resident, now deceased, is the plaintiff in a Propecia cognitive dysfunction lawsuit brought against the pharmaceutical giant, Merck & Co. for allegedly causing the wrongful death of his son. The suit was filed June 27, 2014 in United States District Court... Read more »

The judge overseeing coordination of Zoloft birth defects lawsuits in Pennsylvania has excluded the testimony of one of the expert witnesses for the plaintiff. Judge Cynthia Rufe determined that testimony provided by Dr. Anick Berard will not be allowed because the methods by which she drew her conclusions were “scientifically... Read more »

In the wake of an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit verdict in April of this year, Takeda Pharmaceuticals and its U.S. partner Eli Lilly are now seeking a new trial or a reversal of the judgment, which includes both $1.5 million in compensatory damages for the plaintiff and a combined $9... Read more »