According to the FDA, doctors should stop using a procedure performed on thousands of American women a year in the course of hysterectomy uterine surgery, because it increases the risk of spreading cancerous tissue. The procedure, power morcellation, cuts uterine tissue into pieces that can be pulled out through the…
Good news for Transvaginal mesh and sling plaintiffs and it’s more bad news for Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) Ethicon division in its ongoing vaginal mesh debacle. The company will have to pay out again, in these many cases to go to court over its allegedly defective transvaginal mesh products and…
Ten years ago some scientists recruited several hundred volunteers and gave them Testosterone or a placebo. Those taking testosterone got stronger, compared with those taking the placebo, and they could carry a load up stairs faster. But they also had nearly five times the number of cardiovascular problems, including heart…
Medical studies have demonstrated a link between talcum powder use and ovarian cancer in women. Johnson & Johnson, is a giant pharmaceutical company for a wide range of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and hygiene products, has issued a steady stream of product recalls and safety warnings. Talcum powder cancer lawsuits are one…
According to researchers, doctors who perform robotic-assisted prostate cancer surgery are not skilled enough to able to remove all the cancer cells until they have done the procedure more than 1,600 times. According to Prasanna Sooriakumaran, lead author and urologist, results from a study suggest the operations using Intuitive Surgical…
Boehringer Ingelheim, the maker of Pradaxa have been cited by the Prescripton Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA), a British regulatory agency, for the information on the Pradaxa’s website. The British regulatory agency has cited Boehringer Ingelheim’s Pradaxa website for violating industry codes of conduct. It also charged the company…
DALLAS, TEXAS: Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm, a national plaintiff’s pharmaceutical law firm, has begun an investigation against the manufacturers and distributors of Pradaxa(R), a medication that was approved to reduce the risk of strokes in high-risk cardiac patients. The drug was approved for use in the United States in…
A Children’s Motrin product liability lawsuit has been allowed to move forward. The plaintiffs allege that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn about the risk of serious and potentially deadly skin problems from Motrin. U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez rejected a motion to dismiss by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary…
This is an interesting issue of conflict of interest, impartiality and doing the right thing, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. Talk about the fox guarding the chicken house! In December, an advisory panel for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend by 15-11 margin that…
Novartis is under the gun over the deadly side effects caused by Tekturna (Aliskiren), its blood pressure pill, the so called “wonder drug.” Recently Tekturna’s clinical trials were canceled by Novartis due to a high number of strokes and kidney problems among diabetic test subjects. Tekturna HCT, Valturna, TekAmlo and…