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U.S. Expands Efforts To Fight Opioid Epidemic To Unscrupulous Dispensing Pharmacies

February 22, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed on February 8, 2019 a civil complaint filed in the Middle District of Tennessee against two pharmacies, their owner, and three pharmacists, to stop them from dispensing controlled substance medications, including powerful opioids that have been linked to abuse[...]

The Meteoric Rise In Prescription Drug Prices

March 28, 2016

The results of a recent study undertaken by Express Scripts, a provider of integrated pharmacy benefit management services in the United States, found that average brand-name prescription drug prices in the United States has risen by 98.2% since 2011. In 2015, brand-name prescription drug prices[...]

Kentucky Settles Two Pharmaceutical Cases For $39.5M

January 7, 2016

The Attorney General of Kentucky announced on December 23, 2015 that Kentucky had settled two pharmaceutical cases on December 22, 2015 that it had brought against Purdue Pharma regarding its opiod prescription medication, OxyContin, and against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson &am[...]

Between 100,000 And 1,000,000 People Die Each Year From Counterfeit Drugs

September 8, 2015

The World Health Organization estimates that between 100,000 and 1,000,000 people die each year due to counterfeit drugs. The World Health Organization estimated in 2012 that the worldwide counterfeit drug trade was worth $431 billion per year, and is growing. In 2006, the World Health Organization[...]

$650M Pradaxa Settlement Announced Two Weeks After FDA Drug Safety Communication

June 3, 2014

On May 28, 2014, the large German pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim, announced that it had reached a settlement of all pending state and federal claims in the United States involving its blood-thinner drug, Pradaxa. The comprehensive settlement will involve the payment of $650 million to [...]

$14M Yasmin Jury Verdict

April 27, 2014

On April 18, 2014, after a two-week trial, a Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court medical malpractice jury awarded $14 million to a woman who suffered a serious stroke thirteen days after she began taking the birth control medication Yasmin. The 37-year-old woman lost the use of the left side of h[...]

Arkansas Supreme Court Overturns $1.2B Risperdal Verdict

March 23, 2014

In its written opinion dated March 20, 2014, the Supreme Court of Arkansas (“Arkansas Supreme Court”) overturned a $1.2 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”) arising out of the alleged improper marketing of its antipsychotic drug, Risperdal. The Arkans[...]

$4.2M California Settlement For Dietary Supplement Injury

February 19, 2014

A 24-year-old California man recently settled his lawsuit against a dietary supplement distributor for $4,225,000 after he suffered acute liver failure and kidney failure in 2009 after using a dietary supplement. The dietary supplement had been recalled after the FDA expressed its concern that t[...]

Virginia Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled For Fungal Meningitis Death

February 9, 2014

A man suffering from back pain received contaminated steroids at a Roanoke clinic and died as a result of fungal meningitis. His family has now settled for an undisclosed sum the medical malpractice lawsuit that they had filed in December 2012 and that had sought $25 million in damages. The man ha[...]

$330.7M Risperdal Verdict In Louisiana Overturned

February 4, 2014

By its written opinion dated January 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) reversed (overturned) a lower court’s verdict that had awarded civil penalties in the amount of $257,679,500.00, attorney fees in the amount of $70,000,000.00, and costs [...]

Acetaminophen And Severe Skin Reactions

June 22, 2013

The FDA has cited potential safety issues regarding acetaminophen-containing products that may cause severe skin reactions. In a posting on its website entitled “Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) between Oc[...]

Z-Pack May Cause Fatal Irregular Heart Rhythyms

March 14, 2013

On March 12, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a formal Safety Announcement warning the public that azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax), commonly referred to as “Z-pack,” can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart that may lead[...]

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