The family of a Tennessee woman who died, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit over Pradaxa against Boehringer Ingelheim, alleging that the drug maker failed to adequately warn about the risks associated with the blood thinner. The lawsuit was brought this week by Bertha Bivens, the daughter of Nancy Brummett,…
According to a British health agency, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), millions of people worldwide who have received metal-on-metal hip replacement may need to get blood tests for the rest of their lives. Many metal hip replacement systems contain chromium and cobalt in the ball-and-socket device, which…
Bayer Healthcare reports that it has reached agreements to settle Yaz and Yasmin deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism lawsuits brought by at least 70 women. Earlier in the week, the judge ordered that the bellwether trials been postponed for another 60 days. The bell-wether trial were scheduled for April…
A panel of federal judges will hear arguments in March on the centralization all Zoloft lawsuits filed in U.S. District Courts. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has set a hearing for March 29. The lawyers will argument whether federal complaints filed against Pfizer by parents of children…
Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm examines the evidence of risk from metal-on-metal hips, the manufacturers’ inadequate response, and how the regulatory bodies failed. Thousands of patients around the world may have been exposed to toxic metal substances after being implanted with poorly regulated and potentially dangerous hip devices, according to…
Three women have filed a product liability lawsuit against Forest Laboratories alleging birth defects from the use of Lexapro. Lexapro is an antidepressant that each of the plaintiffs claimed to have used while pregnant. The Lexapro lawsuits were filed on February 16 in St. Louis Circuit Court, in Missouri. All…
At its February 9-10, 2012 meeting, the Texas Medical Board disciplined 58 physicians and issued two cease and desist orders. Read full report here. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS REVOCATION Stogre, Rosemary Ann, M.D., Lic. No. F0771, Houston On February 10, 2012, the Board entered a Default Order regarding Rosemary Ann…
Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm is expanding their initiatives focused on identifying recipients of metal-on-metal hip implants, that has failed, or are in the process of failing. While one specific type of metal-on-metal hip implant called the DePuy ASR has been recalled, the group expects there to be many more…
European drug regulators are demanding new kidney damage warnings for Tekturna and other drugs containing the active ingredient aliskiren. The new warnings and contraindications were announced by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) last week. Tekturna (aliskiren) is manufactured by Novartis and was first approved in the United States in 2007…
Aimee L. Flynn, from Pennsylvania, has filed a lawsuit over NuvaRing. Flynn suffered a stroke that was allegedly caused by the popular birth control ring. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on February 3. Flynn used the Nuva Ring contraceptive from…