The U.S. District Judge overseeing the federal Actos litigation has issued orders requiring that the Court be provided with details about each of the cases filed, information about potential settlements and motions in various state courts throughout the country. There have been eight Actos Bladder Cancer trials to date across…
An Actos Bladder Cancer trial in West Virginia state court has started over allegations that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s popular diabetes drug Actos causes bladder cancer. The West Virginia trial comes shortly on the heels of a $2 million verdict in Philadelphia on October 3 over the blockbuster drug. It…
The Philadelphia jury spoke loud and clear. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., the manufacturer of the popular diabetic medication, was ko’d by the jury, and ordered to pay more than $2 million to a plaintiff who claimed that Actos caused her bladder cancer. This was the latest Actos trial over bladder cancer…