A plaintiff that filed a Xarelto lawsuit in Georgia alleges use of the drug led to life-threatening bleeding, permanent injury and loss of enjoyment of life. The plaintiff further states that Xarelto manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals, as well as Janssen’s mother company Bayer, failed to provide proper warning about the risks... Read more »

For patients suffering from the condition known as atrial fibrillation – or “A-fib” – an anti-coagulant drug is often used to help prevent the formation of deadly blood clots. For generations, doctors prescribed the drug known as warfarin to A-fib patients, until the newer blood thinning drug Xarelto was introduced... Read more »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is charged with overseeing the safety and efficacy of new prescription medications for eventual approval. This process involves reviewing sites where clinical trials on medications are performed. Occasionally, health officials discover evidence that drug companies and their researchers have deviated from good clinical practice... 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 »

A motion to establish a multidistrict litigation (MDL) encompassing a growing number of Xarelto bleeding injury lawsuits will be heard on December 4 before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The judges who are part of the panel will consider the merits of forming the MDL as a response... Read more »

A Tennessee family filed a Xarelto fatal bleed lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on August 14, 2014. The case is one of many against drug manufacturer Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. In the first quarter of 2013, the 680 formal... Read more »