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FDA Requires Invokana Black Box Warning For Increased Risk of Leg/Foot Amputations

June 15, 2017

The FDA issued a safety alert on May 16, 2017 regarding Invokana (canagliflozin), a medication used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. after the final results from two clinical studies showed an increased risk of leg and foot amputations associated with[...]

First Xarelto Trial Results In Win For The Defendants

May 25, 2017

On May 3, 2017, a federal jury in Louisiana found against a Xarelto plaintiff who claimed that the defendants, Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”) and Bayer AG, had inadequately warned him regarding the internal bleeding risk associated with Xarelto, a blood-thinning medication that has [...]

$3M Paxil Labeling Verdict For Suicide Death

May 9, 2017

On April 20, 2017, a Chicago jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of a widow whose 57-year-old husband was a corporate attorney who committed suicide while taking a generic version of Paxil, by stepping into the path of a train on July 15, 2010. The defendant was GlaxoSmith[...]

Xarelto Lawsuits Allege Undisclosed Risk of Internal Bleeding

April 27, 2017

More than 18,000 patients have filed lawsuits alleging that the blood-thinning medication Xarelto caused them to suffer internal bleeding, the risk of which they allege was not disclosed to them. Johnson & Johnson and Bayer jointly developed Xarelto, which was approved by the FDA in 2011 to be u[...]

Maryland Warns Against Use Of Nurse Assist Saline Flush Syringes

October 9, 2016

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) announced on October 4, 2016 that it was issuing a recommendation that any healthcare facilities, providers or anyone else who has received Nurse Assist prepackaged, three-, five- and 10-milliliter syringes of saline flush immediately disc[...]

FDA Now Requires Black Box Warnings For Combined Use Of Opioids And Benzodiazepines

September 6, 2016

On August 31, 2016, the FDA announced new warning requirements regarding the combined use (same time use) of opioids and benzodiazepines, including black box warnings (the highest level of warning) for the serious risks that include extreme sleepiness, respiratory depression, coma, and death. The [...]

$70M Risperdal Verdict

July 25, 2016

On July 1, 2016, a Philadelphia jury returned its verdict in the amount of $70 million against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which manufactures the antipsychotic medication Risperdal. The Philadelphia verdict is the largest verdict so far in the mass tort litigation involving Risperdal claims that [...]

Zofran Lawsuit Alleges Serious Birth Defects

November 12, 2015

On September 29, 2015, a federal lawsuit was filed in California by the parents of a child born with a serious heart defect that they contend was caused by the mother’s off-label use of Zofran that was prescribed by her doctor for nausea during her pregnancy. The defendant is GlaxoSmithKline [...]

California Appellate Court Rules In Favor Of Actos Plaintiffs

July 19, 2015

In its decision filed on July 17, 2015, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Three (“Appellate Court”) held that the trial court erred in striking the plaintiffs’ medical expert’s testimony (the trial court required that the expert [...]

Alabama Federal Lawsuit Claims Zofran Caused Child’s Birth Defects

May 17, 2015

A defective drug lawsuit filed on April 1, 2015 in federal court in Alabama claims that a child’s multiple birth defects were caused by his mother’s use of Zofran during her pregnancy, which was prescribed by her doctor to treat her nausea during her pregnancy. Zofran, a prescriptio[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Upholds $63M Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

April 25, 2015

On April 17, 2015, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“Court”), which is Massachusetts’ highest appellate court, affirmed a $63 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a pharmaceutical case that claimed that a seven-year-old child developed toxic epidermal necr[...]

First Risperdal Trial In Philadelphia Results In $2.5M Verdict

March 8, 2015

On February 24, 2015, a Philadelphia jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $2.5 million in the first of about 1,250 pending Risperdal cases to go to trial in Philadelphia. The month-long trial was followed by about one and a half days of jury deliberations before 11 o[...]

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