The federal judge overseeing the thousands of Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella venous thrombo-embolism lawsuits, has delayed the first trial scheduled to begin January 9th. The Court ordered the parties to meet with a special mediator in an attempt to negotiate a settlement for the litigation. The first Yaz trial was…
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) is streamlining litigation for all federal cases alleging injury caused by the diabetes drug ACTOS®. These cases will now be brought under MDL No. 2299. On the basis of the papers filed and the hearing session held, the JPML found that eleven current…
A New Jersey state court jury was unable to render a verdict in the most recent Accutane product liability trial. The plaintiffs had alleged that the acne medication Accutane caused a teenager to suffer inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as a result of Accutane side effects. The Accutane product liability claim,…
The Medtronic Infuse saga, is a case of the fox guarding the hen house. And guess who are the chickens? Prior to its entry into the market in 2002, orthopedic doctors were excited about how the back surgery product known as bone morphogenetic protein-2 would revolutionize orthopedic medicine. But instead…
The human tragedy of the most widespread medical implant failure in decades continues to unfold. These involve thousands of all-metal artificial hips that need to be replaced. And now as the litigation slowly grinds on, it has entered its most important phase of cost, both in financial terms and the…
Three Fosamax jaw decay lawsuits are scheduled to go to trial in 2012, including a new trial on damages in one case that resulted in an $8 million jury award in 2010. U.S. District Judge John Keenan issued an order calling for additional Fosamax bellwether trials to take place in…
The FDA is concerned over new liquid acetaminophen products for infants because of the possibility of accidental Tylenol overdoses and dosing confusion by parents. The FDA issued a consumer update on December 22, warning parents that several new liquid acetaminophen products for infants have different potency than older liquid acetaminophen…
A recent Australian study indicates that the newer technology for artificial hips and knees did not perform any better than older, well tested and less expensive designs. This week, data was published from Australia’s orthopedic registry, which covered implants introduced from 2003 to 2007. The study’s findings are significant for…
The safety of Bayer’s two blockbuster oral contraceptives, Yaz and Yasmin, have been called into question. These drugs which were the first to contain a progestin known as drospirenone, which is now used in a number of generic versions of the pills. Yaz and Yasmin have been implicated in the…
Accutane side effects and injuries have prompted 6,634 people to file an Accutane lawsuit in New Jersey against the manufacturer of the controversial acne drug, Hoffman-LaRoche. A master complaint was filed as more plaintiffs joined the Accutane mass tort lawsuit. The purpose of the master complaint is to centralize the…