With a Monday, January 6, 2014 deadline looming for people looking to avail of a multibillion-dollar DePuy ASR settlement deadline, many of those who were forced to undergo revision surgery to replace their faulty hip implants are rushing to meet the deadline to register their claim. That said, there will…
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit has lost its second drug injury verdict in a month-this one for $11 million. Haley Powell claimed that anti-seizure medication Topamax caused her son to be born with a cleft lip. The ruling comes not long after another jury ordered Janssen to pay $4.06…
Just recently, a woman in Pennsylvania who claims that her intrauterine device moved in her uterus and perforated it has filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit. In her defective medical device complaint, the plaintiff is seeking damages from Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactured the contraceptive device. This woman is…
Pradaxa is an anti-coagulant that doctors have prescribed to reduce the risk of stroke and blood clots in certain patients. Unfortunately, it carries an incredibly high risk for potentially deadly side effects. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had more than 500 complaints of death and serious injury due to…
Johnson & Johnson and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to a multibillion dollar settlement with the federal government and several states after the company was charged with marketing drugs for unapproved uses and paying “kickbacks” to doctors and nursing homes, at the expense of American taxpayers. Altogether, Johnson &…
The Food and Drug Administration says that there is a rare risk that acetaminophens could cause Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). The risk exists in both over-the-counter and prescription meds that contain this fever reducer/pain reliever. If you developed any of these…
Tens of millions of women across the United States use contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Many of these women use long-term, reversible intrauterine devices (IUDs) which are intended to prevent pregnancy for up to five years by emitting hormones. This method is often chosen as a more convenient option compared…
The Massachusetts Appeals Court says that the vaginal mesh lawsuit that was dismissed by the Suffolk County Superior Court can proceed. The lower court had said that the plaintiff failed to satisfy pleading standards. However, the appeals court disagrees. The plaintiff, Billie Allen, is seeking damages from Boston Scientific and…
When implanted medical devices cause injuries to a patient, are improperly labeled or defectively manufactured, or otherwise fail after being implanted, a device manufacturer or the Federal Drug Administration will initiate a recall. Too often though, these recalls come after there have been hundreds of complaints filed by injured patients.…
According to a new study just published online in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, women who took Percocet, Oxycontin, or Vicodin during their early stages of pregnancy are two times as likely to deliver babies with serious neural tube defects, including spina bifida. However, researchers qualified this doubled risk as…