MDL Panel could consolidate PPI lawsuits next month

Dec. 23, 2016 – San Diego, Ca — The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is set to hear oral arguments next month from plaintiffs who want their proton-pump inhibitor lawsuits consolidated...

DuPont to pay $2M in Teflon verdict

Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016 – San Diego, CA — DuPont was ordered to pay $2 million Wednesday after an Ohio jury found exposure to a toxic chemical the company once used...

FDA bans second medical device ever

Dec. 21, 2016 – San Diego, CA — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just banned its second medical device ever and it only took the agency 18 years to do...

Essure is a reminder of why it’s important to report problems to the FDA

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called for an advisory meeting in September 2015 to examine the risks and benefits of the permanent sterilization device Essure, the agency had...

Is the 21st Century Cures Act a big handout to Big Pharma?

Dec. 16, 2016 – San Diego, CA – On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill that was passed by the Senate with...

FDA concludes diabetes drug Actos linked to bladder cancer

Dec. 15, 2016 -- San Diego, CA — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an updated safety review of the diabetes drug Actos this week. The announcement, issued Monday, Dec....

In a blow to plaintiffs, Philly judge tosses Risperdal case midtrial

Dec. 14, 2016 – San Diego, CA -- A Philadelphia judge has tossed out the latest Risperdal lawsuit to go to trial, The Legal Intelligencer reported. Judge Sean Kennedy ruled...

New Mexico federal judge sends Essure lawsuit back to state court

Dec. 13, 2016 -- San Diego, CA — A district judge in New Mexico has remanded another Essure case back to state court after Bayer Healthcare removed it to federal court in...

MDL Panel consolidates federal lawsuits against Atrium’s C-Qur hernia mesh

Dec. 9, 2016 – San Diego, CA -- Plaintiffs in nearly two dozen federal lawsuits against Atrium Medical and its C-Qur hernia mesh will see their cases consolidated before a...

Federal Invokana lawsuits consolidated in New Jersey district court

Dec. 8, 2016 – San Diego, CA -- Federal lawsuits involving Johnson & Johnson’s type 2 diabetes drug Invokana will be consolidated before a judge in New Jersey, the Judicial...