Earlier in October, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a consolidation order for Taxotere lawsuits filed in federal courts around the country. The claims will now proceed in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) against defendant Sanofi-Aventis. The ruling affects at least 33 cases that had been pending in 16 different U.S.... Read more »

Defendants Johnson & Johnson allegedly ignored the link between long-term talc powder use and ovarian cancer, claims a new joint lawsuit filed by 10 plaintiffs. The plaintiffs include six families of women who lost their lives to ovarian cancer that was allegedly caused by the long-term use of talc for... Read more »

A Wisconsin couple has filed a lawsuit against the Colgate-Palmolive Company, Pfizer and a number of affiliates, claiming asbestos in some of the companies’ talc products caused the husband to develop mesothelioma. From approximately 1967 through the 1970’s, Steven P. Schultz’s mother used the asbestos-containing Cashmere Bouquet Talcum Powder products... Read more »

A January status conference has been scheduled to discuss the next steps in the talcum powder lawsuits currently pending in New Jersey state court. Judges Julio L. Mendez and Nelson C. Johnson of Atlantic County are expected to review the organizational structure of the multicounty litigation and provide status updates... Read more »

A federal judge has issued an order to remand three talc-related cancer lawsuits back to Missouri state court. The lawsuits represent 237 plaintiffs who claim that their diagnoses of ovarian cancer were linked to their use of talcum powder products. In October 2015, U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry rejected the... Read more »

On Oct. 12, a Las Vegas jury was excused after a confidential resolution was reached in a civil trial regarding Actos, a diabetes drug. The medication is used in conjunction with diet and exercise to improve control of blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. “We use the... Read more »

Defendants named in multiple talc body powder lawsuits have filed a formal request for case centralization. The defendants have asked that the lawsuits filed in New Jersey, which total over 100 with more than 156 plaintiffs, be consolidated into a multicounty litigation (MCL) in the Atlantic County Superior Court before... Read more »

In April, the Colgate-Palmolive Co. was ordered to pay $12.4 million in damages to a woman who filed a talc cancer lawsuit against the company. Judith Winkel and her husband John Winkel of Santa Barbara were awarded the funds after a Los Angeles jury found that an asbestos-contaminated talcum powder... Read more »

An Alabama couple has filed a lawsuit alleging baby powder-induced cancer against Johnson & Johnson, after the plaintiff allegedly developed the disease from use of products manufactured by the company. Johnson & Johnson baby powder has been marketed to women for years as a way to keep the skin feeling dry,... 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 »