The Centers for Disease Control reported that in 2019, more than 25% of U.S. teens used e-cigarettes. One of those teens recently filed a federal lawsuit against vape products manufacturer, Juul, alleging that the company used misleading advertising and promotional efforts that were directly responsible for his nicotine addiction. Vaping Addiction and E-Cigarette Lawsuits…
DetailsTruvada maker Gilead Sciences, Inc. has recently become the target of over 1,000 lawsuits alleging bone loss and related injuries. However, the company is facing a new lawsuit of a different sort – and from an unlikely party. On November 6, 2019, the United States, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services,…
DetailsZantac was voluntarily pulled from shelves as a “precautionary measure” after it was determined that more safety assessments are needed after 1,500 samples tested positive for a carcinogen impurity. Ranitidine (Zantac) is an H2 blocker used to treat heartburn. It has been on the market since 1981. Doctors write 15 million prescriptions of Zantac a…
DetailsElectronic cigarettes were first developed in the early 1960s, but more than 40 years passed before manufacturers combined a battery, an ultrasonic atomizer, and plastic cartridges with nicotine and flavorants to create the current variants of e-cigarettes. Those components generate moist smokeless air that contains nicotine, flavors, and other substances, supposedly with reduced tar and…
DetailsAfter six days of deliberation and a four-week trial, a California jury found Johnson & Johnson liable for a woman’s pleural mesothelioma and ordered the manufacturer to pay $40.3 million in damages. Plaintiff Used J&J Baby Powder and Shower To Shower for Decades The lawsuit contended that 71-year-old Nancy Cabibi of Hauser, Idaho…
DetailsThe team at Showard Law Firm will be lacing up our sneakers this October 13 to proudly support other Tucson, Arizona community members at the annual AIDS Walk in support of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF). Now reaching its 31st year, the AIDS Walk is one of SAAF’s main fundraising events. This walk…
DetailsSeptember is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. There are many ways to get involved with the national movement if you or someone you love has suffered with ovarian cancer. You can join the conversation on social media using hashtags like: #KnowOvarian, #30DaysOfTeal, or #EndWomensCancer. You can donate or participate in a local event by searching Runwalk.ovarian.org.…
DetailsIn 2009, Uloric (active ingredient febuxostat) became the first prescription gout medication to gain FDA approval in 40 years. Doctors were quick to prescribe the new blockbuster drug, which has generated $1.9 billion in sales for manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals within the last five years alone. Then, in February 2019, the use of this medication…
DetailsScientific research links HIV drugs manufactured by Gilead Sciences Inc. to premature bone loss. Litigation against the manufacturer alleges that Gilead was aware of these risks and downplayed them when marketing the drugs, which net the company billions of dollars in annual profits. The first tenofovir lawsuit was filed against the maker of Truvada in…
DetailsThe medical industry is still absorbing the shock from the Food and Drug Administration’s 2019 announcement that more than 56,000 reports of surgical stapler defects from 2011 through 2018 had been kept from public disclosure in a hidden FDA database. Many of those reports included references to excess bleeding and other surgical complications that resulted…
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