Pharmaceutical Litigation: Elmiron, Allergan, and Zantac Updates

Thousands of people are severely injured or killed each year by prescription and over-the-counter medications that they thought were safe. Prescription and over-the-counter drug adverse effects are one of the main causes of death in the United States. There are currently ongoing lawsuits, pending settlements, and trials happening around common drugs across the United States. Three […]

Florida Will Receive $40 Million in Settlement with McKinsey & Company

Florida is among the states suing McKinsey & Company for their part in the opioid epidemic that has plagued the US for decades. The US has reported 67,367 drug overdose deaths in the latest reporting year. Nearly 70% of all overdose deaths were opioid-related. The epidemic has reached critical numbers in the last few years, […]

Is This Popular Diabetes Medication Causing Cancer?

The last thing any diabetic needs to worry about is whether or not their medications will cause them more harm than good. Millions of people in the United States take metformin each day. However, testing from an independent pharmacy has indicated that this drug may contain high levels of a cancer-causing carcinogen. At Colson Hicks […]

Why Is the FDA Recalling Valsartan Products from Drug Stores?

Do you take medication to treat high blood pressure or heart failure? If so, then you need to know about the latest recall from the FDA. Some pharmaceuticals containing the active ingredient valsartan are being recalled due to impurities found by the FDA. That means if you are taking a medicine containing this ingredient, you […]

Is EpiPen Price Gouging Going to Lead to Lawsuits?

There is much outrage over the increase in EpiPen pricing from the internet as well as from the patients that need the life-saving medication. The EpiPen device is used to stop life-threatening allergic reactions to common allergens such as bee stings, peanuts or other types of foods. The auto-injector device is stored in a convenient, […]

Things You Didn’t Know About Dietary Supplements

In 2013 a transplant surgeon noticed the high number of people coming to her hospital with liver failure. She interviewed several of these patients and found that they had all taken the OxyElite Pro fitness supplement. The discovery led to a nationwide recall, and several lawsuits were filed, but it also exposed a danger that many Americans […]

Act Now For Xarelto Suits: Time Running Out

We have been keeping you up-to-date on the progress of the Xarelto multidistrict litigations, so we wanted to let you know that time is running out for any victims who have suffered injuries or lost loved ones due to this potentially harmful drug. Act Now For Xarelto Suits On September 17th, Judge Eldon Fallon signed a […]

Daiichi Sankyo Still Paying Fines for Benicar Doctor Kickbacks

Pharmaceutical giant Daiichi Sankyo has been ordered to pay another fine, the time in New Jersey, totaling $690,000. This comes after reaching a settlement in January to pay the U.S. federal government and Medicaid programs $39 million. This latest fine was an expansion of the previous settlement where a whistleblower accused the company of soliciting […]

Xarelto Cases Fast Approaching Court Date

More news on our continued coverage of the Xarelto mass tort cases: June 11th is fast approaching, a significant day for members of the Xarelto federal multidistrict litigation. That day is when the attorneys for the plaintiffs get to present their scientific evidence to the court, and drive home their claims that they have linked bleeding complications to […]

Mass Tort Cases Rising Steadily in Philadelphia Xarelto Litigation

There is more information to report in this blog’s ongoing coverage of the lawsuits against the makers of the blood-thinner Xarelto. New case filings in the Philadelphia mass tort against Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals are gradually increasing as the Xarelto litigation moves forward in its early stages. After 50 […]