Testosterone replacement therapy has grown into a billion dollar industry and is only expected to continue to thrive in the coming years. As the prescriptions have come pouring in, so have the reports of severe side effects caused by the relatively new medication. While it has long been known that…
How would you feel if the chemotherapy medication you were relying on to treat your loved one’s cancer was not the drug you thought it was? What if that drug was misbranded and illegally shipped overseas from a different country? One pharmaceutical company and its founder are paying a hefty…
Endo Health Solutions says it will pay approximately $830 million (pretax) to resolve about 20,000 vaginal mesh complaints against it. The manufacturer acquired American Medical Systems Holding Inc., which makes the mesh implants, in 2011. As of late February both companies were contending with about 22,000 defective medical device cases…
The $11 million ruling awarded by a jury in a Topamax birth defect case will stand, according to National Trial Lawyers. Court of Common Pleas Judge George W. Overton denied a motion by Johnson and Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals for a new trial, upholding the original award for the family…
According to several sources, a judge has been asked to approve a $100 million settlement to aid victims of last year’s Meningitis outbreak, which was traced back to New England Compounding Center. The Massachusetts Pharmacy is believed to have manufactured steroid injections that were tainted with black mold and caused…
A new study presented at the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium showed that testosterone therapies do not have any links to prostate cancer; an original concern for medical professionals. According to an article sourced from the National Trial Lawyers, the study used information from several cancer registries to study the risk…
A Texas family has filed suit against the European drug company Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals for the injuries their son sustained after taking Onfi, an anti-seizure medication. The parents of the 11-year-old allege that the drug caused their son to develop Stevens Johnson Syndrome, a rare and extreme disorder of the skin…
According to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal, over 100 patients have developed partial or permanent paralysis in recent years after receiving spinal-cord stimulator implants in their backs. A number of defective medical devices have been filed as a result. A lot of the cases involved patients with spinal…
A California woman claims to have suffered a painful blood clot after taking Yaz/Yazmin oral contraceptive. She is suing the drug manufacturer, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for allegedly ignoring the warning signals raised by numerous injuries and deaths related to the drug early on in its distribution. The lawsuit states…
A multibillion-dollar trial involving the drug Actos, manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, resumes today in a Las Vegas court. Actos is a single-ingredient drug used in conjunction with diet and exercise to help manage blood sugar levels in patients with type-2 diabetes. In the lawsuit, Bertha Triana, 80, and Delores Cipriano,…