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Viatris Agrees To Pay $264 Million To Settle EpiPen Class Action Lawsuit

March 3, 2022

Viatris was formed in 2020 through the combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a legacy division of Pfizer. Viatris sells the EpiPen (epinephrine injection, USP) 0.3 mg and EpiPen Jr (epinephrine injection, USP) 0.15 mg, which are single-dose auto-injectors and combination products containing drug and devi[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $3.6M Verdict Against Bard In G2 IVC Filter Case

October 25, 2020

In its opinion filed on August 13, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) affirmed a federal jury’s verdict against C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively, “Bard”) involving product-liability claim[...]

Essure No Longer Sold In U.S. After December 31, 2018, But FDA Oversight Continues

February 8, 2019

In July 2018, Bayer, which manufactures the Essure device that is intended to prevent pregnancy, announced that Essure will no longer be sold or distributed in the United States after December 31, 2018, citing the declining annual number of implantations. Even though Essure is no longer sold, the FD[...]

Medtronic Issues Urgent Recall Of Nearly 157,000 Dual Chamber Pacemakers

February 2, 2019

Medtronic has issued an “Urgent Medical Device Recall” voluntarily recalling and suspending distribution of a subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between March 10, 2017 and January 7, 2019 under the brand names Adapta; Versa; and Sensia. The affected medical[...]

Report Finds Pharmaceutical Recalls And Medical Device Recalls Were Up In First Quarter 2018

July 10, 2018

The First Quarter 2018 “Recall Index” published by Stericycle Expert Solutions (“Stericylce,” which “provides global and local expertise before, during, and after a recall threat” and each quarter of the year analyzes cumulative recall data across five product cat[...]

Settlement Announced For Many Stryker Defective Hip Replacement Claims

November 13, 2014

On November 3, 2014, Howmedica Osteonics Corp., a/k/a Stryker Orthopaedics (“Stryker”), entered into a settlement agreement that resolves federal claims filed in multi-district litigation venued in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota that covers 2,375 plaint[...]

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