Categories: Pharmaceutical litigation
In 2014, German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to pay $650 million to settle approximately 4,000 Pradaxa lawsuits alleging that users suffered severe and often fatal bleeding problems after using the anticoagulant. These settled claims were part of multidistrict litigation (or MDL), that had been ongoing since April 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the...
Categories: Patient Safety
On September 7, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned women and their doctors that current tests being marketed as ovarian cancer screening tests are unreliable and could lead to false diagnoses. Summary of the Problem: The FDA described the problem in their recent safety communication as follows: Despite extensive research and published studies,...
Categories: Medical Drug Safety
On August 1, 2016, U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon issued Case Management Order No. 5, which describes the bellwether cases to go to trial in the Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) multidistrict litigation. This litigation involves hundreds of lawsuits from across the country alleging that individuals taking Xarelto® suffered severe or fatal bleeding or other injuries....
Categories: Motor Vehicle Safety
All states have child safety seat laws. These laws require children to travel in approved child restraints or booster seats and some permit or require older children to use adult safety belts. However, states differ, including for example, the age at which belts can be used instead of child safety seats. The enforcement and fines...
Categories: Medical Device Safety
On August 2, 2016, Judge Winifred Smith in the Superior Court of California, Alomeda County, issued a decision that allowed the claims of 14 women injured by Essure to proceed against the manufacturer, Bayer. Bayer argued that it was immune from liability and that the women were barred from bringing their claims under a doctrine...
Categories: Automobile Safety
Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that new test data on a particular subset of defective Takata air bag inflators in certain model-year 2001-2003 Honda and Acura vehicles show a far higher risk of ruptures during air bag deployment. This finding prompted an urgent call from the NHTSA to ensure that unrepaired...
Categories: Medical Drug Safety
On July 22, a motion was filed requesting a new multidistrict litigation (MDL) for lawsuits alleging that Sanofi SA’s chemotherapy drug, Taxotere, can cause permanent hair loss, particularly in those being treated for breast cancer. Multidistrict litigation is a special procedure in which federal civil (noncriminal) cases from around the country are transferred to one...
Categories: Medical Drug Safety
If you are one of the millions of Americans taking heartburn drugs, such as Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, Protonix, Aciphex and others, recent studies suggest you could be at an increased risk of kidney disease, kidney disease progression, and end-stage renal disease. Heartburn drugs are called proton pump inhibitors or “PPIs.” They help people who suffer from regular heartburn,...
Categories: Automobile Safety
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced that it is expanding and accelerating the recall of Takata air bag inflators. The additional estimated 35-40 million inflators adds to the already 28.8 million inflators previously recalled. Takata air bags have been installed in tens of millions of U.S. vehicles and are subject...
Categories: Food Safety
On Tuesday, General Mills issued a recall of about 10 million pounds of flour because of a possible link to an outbreak of E. coli. According to the FDA, state and federal authorities have been researching 38 occurrences of illnesses across 20 states related to a specific type of E. coli (E. coli O121), between December 21, 2015,...
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