Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said it did not encourage the unapproved use of its spinal implant, which a new lawsuit is blaming for the death of a California woman. The lawsuit, filed by the woman’s family in Los Angeles, said her death was caused by use of the Infuse…
The use of intra-articular pumps, to deliver medication to the shoulder following arthroscopic shoulder surgery has been linked to the development of a painful and debilitating condition which causes the loss of cartilage in the shoulder. The medical condition, is known as Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis, PAGCL, and has no consistently…
Roche Holding AG must pay $12.9 million to plaintiffs who blamed the Accutane acne medicine for their inflammatory bowel disease, a New Jersey jury ruled, handing the company its fourth trial loss in the case. Roche didn’t give proper warnings to doctors for three Florida residents about the risks of…
One of Philadelphia’s bellwether cases in litigation over whether the maker of the drug Paxil failed to warn about an increased risk of suicide from its drug has been dismissed following a Common Pleas Court judge’s decision to grant summary judgment on statute of limitations grounds. Collins v. SmithKline Beecham…
Two units of Johnson & Johnson must pay $16.6 million to the family of a Chicago-area woman who died after using a Duragesic pain-patch, a state jury found, dealing the company its fourth defeat in as many trials since 2006. The woman aged 38, died in February 2004 because the…
The Yamaha Rhino, was a hit in the off-road-vehicle market, promising to go “almost anywhere” with an “amazingly high level of comfort and ease.” Now, federal safety regulators are investigating the vehicle following reports of some 30 deaths involving it, including those of two young girls last month. Yamaha faces…
Wyeth, which set aside more than $21 billion to resolve lawsuits over the fen-phen diet combination, must pay $3 million to a woman who contracted a lung-destroying disease from the drugs. The New Jersey jurors deliberated about two hours before finding that Wyeth’s Pondimin drug was a cause of the…
A college freshman was killed in a dormitory elevator accident two years ago at Ohio State University. Ohio State has taken safety measures, such as installing video cameras in all its high-rise elevators this year, in case someone gets trapped and as a way to help identify causes of mechanical…
Pfizer Inc. said it agreed earlier this week to pay $894 million to settle most Celebrex and Bextra claims. Pfizer said in a statement that it is taking an after-tax charge of $640 million against profit in the quarter to cover the settlement sum. Pfizer said it plans to settle…
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is planning to rewrite a wide array of federal rules with changes or additions that could block product-safety lawsuits by consumers and states. The administration has written language aimed at pre-empting product-liability litigation into 50 rules governing everything from motorcycle brakes to pain medicine. This…