As a Dallas Medtronic Infuse Lawsuit and side effect attorney and medical doctor I am providing this update regarding the problems associated withe Medtronic Infuse medical product. Medtronic, a medical device company is in the news regarding reports about its synthetic bone growth product Infuse. In 2008, the U.S. Department…
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DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement MDL Lawsuits
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As a DePuy ASR and DePuy Pinnacle litigation attorney, I am providing this timely update. More than 500 lawsuits have been filed in Northern District of Texas federal court over DePuy Pinnacle hip replacements problems. The plaintiffs have…
DePuy ASR MOM Hips in the News
As a DePuy ASR Hip Recall attorney I am providing this update. There is a problem with metal on metal artificial hip implant devices, as highlighted on the NBC Nightly News on October 4th 2011. According to medical experts and bio-engineers, the DePuy ASR, and DePuy Pinnacle hip implants are…
Merck Wins Another Federal Bellwether Trial Regarding FOSAMAX
Merck said today that a federal court jury in New York found in its favor in the Secrest v. Merck case, rejecting the claim of a Florida woman who blamed her dental and jaw-related problems on her FOSAMAX use. Chilton Varner of King & Spalding LLP, outside counsel for Merck…
Actos Bladder Cancer Litigation to be Consolidated
As an Actos Bladder Cancer Product Liability attorney and Texas medical doctor, I am providing this update regarding the status of a MDL consolidation request. Takeda Pharmaceuticals the manufacturer of Actos and their defense attorneys have indicated that the drug maker supports a request to have all federal Actos bladder…
DePuy Metal on Metal Hip and Metallosis
As a DePuy ASR and Pinnacle Replacement and Recall attorney I am providing this blog update. As readers to my blog will note, I am a licensed Texas medical doctor as well as a product liability attorney. We are currently fielding many phone calls from concerned hip replacement patients and…
Bone Fracture Side Effects of Nexium, Prilosec and Protonix Heartburn Drugs
A lawsuit has been filed against AstraZeneca by two Texans who allege that Nexium caused them to suffer bone fracture side effects. The complaint was filed by Mary Mai Nguyen and Tuoc Duong on September 15 in Harris County, Texas against AstraZeneca. According to the Nexium lawsuit, the defendants failed…
FDA Advisory Panel for YAZ, Yasmin and Ocella
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning Monday about an increased risk of blood clots in women taking newer forms of birth control pills, such as Yaz or Yasmin. The FDA did say it “remains concerned” about a potentially higher risk of blood clots in women taking the…
DePuy Metal on Metal Hip Failure Rate
As a Texas Medical Doctor and DePuy ASR Failure Attorney, I am providing this update and commentary on a recent British database study. According to a British database, the National Joint Registry for England and Wales, which tracks hip replacement problems, a number of recalled DePuy ASR metal hip implants…
Bard Avaulta Mesh and Bard Avaulta Sling Transvaginal Mesh Update
30 plaintiffs who have filed a vaginal mesh lawsuit against C.R. Bard, are asking the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), to include these cases as part of the consolidated federal Bard Avaulta litigation. In October 2010, the JPML ordered that all federal Bard Avaulta pelvic mesh lawsuits be…