Drug & Device News: Studies, Recalls, Regulations, Lawsuits

$245M Award OK’d for 6 DePuy Pinnacle Hip Patients

Six people who sued over injuries from DePuy Orthopaedics hip replacements will split a $245 million judgment. Individual awards will range from $36…

Terry Turner August 31, 2018
Flesh-Eating Genital Disease Linked to SGLT2 Inhibitor Diabetes Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that popular Type 2 diabetes drugs may be linked to a flesh-eating bacterial infection of…

Michelle Llamas August 30, 2018
Judge Affirms $4.69B Verdict in Baby Powder Cancer Lawsuit

A Missouri judge’s decision last week to uphold a $4.69 billion verdict could encourage more people to file talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson…

Michelle Llamas August 27, 2018
Valsartan Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Cancer Contaminant

A newly filed class action lawsuit targets companies that distributed or sold valsartan blood pressure medications that were contaminated with NDMA, a chemical…

Terry Turner August 24, 2018
Hundreds of Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Possible in Bard Davol MDL

A federal panel has decided to streamline pre-trial proceedings for what could be as many as 122 Bard Davol hernia mesh lawsuits currently…

Terry Turner August 14, 2018
Roundup Lawsuit Ends in $289 Million Verdict

A California jury has awarded a former school groundskeeper $289.2 million in the first of thousands of lawsuits over the weed killer Roundup to…

Elaine Silvestrini August 13, 2018
Dollars for Docs: Companies that Pay Doctors the Most

Bayer announced in July 2018 it was discontinuing its Essure birth control device. Less than a week later, news broke that the company…

Terry Turner August 13, 2018
Bayer Discontinued Essure — What’s Next for Lawsuits, Safety?

Bayer announced it would stop selling its Essure birth control device at the end of 2018. It’s the end of the device in…

Michelle Llamas August 10, 2018
Valsartan Recalls Grow, Affect Millions of Patients

More than 4,500 Veterans Administration patients are among potentially millions of Americans whose blood-pressure medication was tainted with a probable cancer-causing chemical. The worldwide…

Elaine Silvestrini August 9, 2018

Testing Positive for COVID-19: It Felt Like I Had a Compression Belt Around My Chest

COVID-19: A Consumer’s Guide to the Coronavirus

Paraquat Lawsuits Filed Over Link to Parkinson’s Disease

Erika Sward of American Lung Association Reveals the Dangers of Vaping and IQOS

$245M Award OK’d for 6 DePuy Pinnacle Hip Patients

Flesh-Eating Genital Disease Linked to SGLT2 Inhibitor Diabetes Drugs

Judge Affirms $4.69B Verdict in Baby Powder Cancer Lawsuit

Valsartan Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Cancer Contaminant

Hundreds of Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Possible in Bard Davol MDL

Roundup Lawsuit Ends in $289 Million Verdict

Dollars for Docs: Companies that Pay Doctors the Most

Bayer Discontinued Essure — What’s Next for Lawsuits, Safety?

Valsartan Recalls Grow, Affect Millions of Patients