A federal jury in San Francisco awarded 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman of California $80 million after he filed a lawsuit claiming that several years’ worth of exposure to Roundup by Monsanto weed killer on his Sonoma County land greatly contributed to his development of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The lawsuit alleged that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer was defective…
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The FDA has slapped a black box warning on Takeda’s relatively new gout medicine, Uloric (Febuxostat) gout drug medicine, based on reports that the drug is linked to an increased risk of cardiac-related death compared to older gout treatments. Uloric gout drug medicine linked to cardiac-related deaths Uloric is manufactured by Japanese drug…
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The US Food and Drug Administration issued a December 2018 warning that taking FLQs (fluoroquinolones antibiotics) puts patients at a higher risk of ruptures or tears in the aorta. According to the FDA’s analysis of adverse events, the risk of aortic aneurysm in the general FLQ-using population is nine per 100,000. However, in high risk…
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A California jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its former talc supplier Cyprus Mines Corp. to pay a female cancer patient with mesothelioma $29.5 million. The trial began on January 7th and wrapped up on March 13, 2019 after two days of deliberation. According to the verdict, all 12 jurors believed that Johnson & Johnson…
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Earlier this month, the Superior Court of California ruled that personal injury lawsuits filed against Gilead Science, Inc. over its drug tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) can proceed. The company had attempted to dismiss the cases, which allege that HIV/AIDS medications based on TDF cause permanent kidney and bone damage. The court rejected all but one…
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There is promising news for the more than 4 million patients who take Xarelto® (Riviaroxaban) or Eliquis® (Aixaban) on a daily basis. These blood thinners, while effective, have been shown to cause uncontrolled and sometimes life-threatening bleeding events. The FDA has finally approved a reversal agent that can stop the anticoagulant effects of Xa inhibitors, in the form…
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Across the U.S., over 1 million people undergo surgery to repair hernias annually. The majority of hernia repairs are done by reinforcing the affected areas with a man-made synthetic mesh. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 33% of patients report adverse events with hernia mesh. These complications, which often manifest as severe…
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The latest update about the Xarelto litigation process is finally here. Plaintiffs from around the nation claim that Bayer’s anticoagulant medication Xarelto was defectively designed and marketed with inadequate warnings about the risk of uncontrolled bleeding. Approved by the FDA in 2011, Xarelto is prescribed to treat blood clots, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism,…
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3M Combat Arms earplugs were standard-issued to thousands of service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003 to 2015. However, the manufacturer was sued by the U.S. government and competitor Moldex-Metric Inc. when defects were discovered that could cause tinnitus ringing in the ears and hearing impairment. The Veterans Benefits Administration treats over a…
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The public asks: does baby powder cause cancer? Juries say Yes and Johnson & Johnson has known since the 1970’s putting millions of women at risk for ovarian cancer. Talc Particles in Ovarian Tumors Scientists originally discovered talc particles in ovarian tumors in the early 1970’s and subsequent studies have showed a link…
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