On February 2, 2018, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) centralized federal lawsuits filed by individuals who have suffered heart failure after taking the diabetes drug saxagliptin (marketed as Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR) in multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky before the Honorable Karen K. Caldwell. Saxagliptin is...
Heart Failure from Diabetes Drugs, Onglyza & Kombiglyze- LITIGATION UPDATE
Multiple lawsuits have been filed by individuals who have suffered heart failure after taking the diabetes drug saxagliptin (marketed as Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR). Saxagliptin is part of the class of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor drugs, which are used with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. (These medicines...