According to Merck company filings, there are now about 1,500 filed product liability lawsuits involving injuries from NuvaRing blood clots. These women claim that the contraceptive ring increased the risk of blood clots, other serious and potentially deadly side effects. What is Nuvaring? NuvaRing is a vaginal contraceptive ring, made…
Last week, a federal jury in West Virginia awarded $2 million in damages in a Bard Avaulta vaginal mesh defective product liability claim. The verdict included punitive damages to punish CR Bard Inc., the manufacturer for selling a defective product that has been linked to severe internal injuries. This is…
Medtronic Infuse product liability lawsuits involving Medtronic Infuse bone graft surgery, have hit a federal preemption roadblock. Federal preemption law, for medical devices, is based on a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that has been used as an impregnable defense wall by medical device manufacturers. Medtronic has argued that they can…
The FDA issued a warning letter to Intuitive Surgical, which hammers the makers of the da Vinci surgical robot for failing to notify the federal regulators about information the company sent to doctors using the robotic surgery machine. The FDA letter was issued after a FDA inspection between April 1…
According to the FDA, there is no scientific evidence to confirm that a group of type 2 diabetes drugs called GLP-1 inhibitors is linked to pancreatic cancer. The FDA decision comes on the heels of the European Medicines Agency, which stated that they have been unable to confirm an increased…
According to experts, the blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor may increase the risk of diabetes. What is Lipitor? Lipitor (atorvastatin) is a statin-based cholesterol drug manufactured by the Pfizer subsidiary Warner-Lambert. The cholesterol drug is a best seller and has achieved blockbuster status. Lipitor has produced more than $125 billion in…
In April, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated all product liability lawsuits involving Tylenol. Plaintiffs allege that Johnson & Johnson failed to adequately warn about the risk of liver failure or liver damage from Tylenol. These Tylenol federal lawsuits are centralized before U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel…
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin presiding over the first federal Bard Mesh trial has declared a mistrial. This trial involved complications associated with Bard Avaulta mesh. On the second day of trial, a gynecological expert mentioned that the Bard Avaulta mesh has been removed from the market. In pre-trial rulings,…
A New York woman, Ann McCracken’s defective hip claim will be the first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit to go to trial in federal court. McCracken’s case is a “bellwether” case, designed to determine how juries will respond to presented evidence and testimony. 7,800 Federal DePuy ASR Lawsuits More than 7,800…
The National Institutes of Health held a workshop, addressing the risks associated with the newer diabetic drugs. These medications, known as Incretic Mimetics are coming under fire for alleged increased risk of pancreatic cancer. Merck & Co., Novo Nordisk A/S and others, the manufacturers of these drugs may be asked…