A Kansas woman, Samantha Brosseau, filed a personal injury and product liability lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the manufacturer of the blockbuster drug Zofran. Brosseau took the drug to treat pregnancy-associated morning sickness. Allegations: Zofran Caused Hole in the Heart According to Brosseau, Zofran caused her daughter to be born with…
Recently, earlier in October after hearing arguments, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated and centralized all federal Zofran lawsuits before U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor, in the District of Massachusetts, for coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings. What is Zofran? Zofran (ondansetron) is a drug approved for…
Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals have agreed to settle Topamax birth defect lawsuits. Plaintiffs alleged that Topamax epilepsy drug side effects birth defects including cleft lips, cleft palates and other congenital malformations. The Topamax global settlements were announced last week in Pennsylvania state court, stating that agreements…