The FDA recently released an update to its tracking and post-market surveillance of Essure patients and the measures taken by Bayer since the corporation pulled the device from US shelves last year. The agency, according to a statement by the director of its Center for Devices and Radiological Health, “is committed to continuing to monitor the postmarket safety of the device for women who have the ...
FDA Issues Follow-up Statement for Essure Patients
Posted January 9, 2020 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | essure
Bayer Girding for Sharp Rise in Glyphosate Filings
Posted November 7, 2019 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
It’s been about fifteen months since a California jury found Bayer and its flagship weed killer Roundup responsible for school groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson’s development of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The trial was the first to take on Monsanto’s claims that “science” proved that Roundup was safe and show that most of that science was either paid for by the secretive agricorporation or was simply ...
Bayer Considering Settlement in Roundup Cancer Cases?
Posted August 28, 2019 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
It looks like Roundup maker Bayer might see the writing on the wall. After losing three attempts to convince juries that its flagship herbicide Roundup wasn’t causing customers to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, reports are surfacing of the corporation’s attempts to find a suitable amount to settle the matter.
Information leaked from those said to be familiar with the negotiations indicates that Bayer has offered up to $8 billion to ...
continue reading...Ex-NFL Player Blames Roundup for Cancer Diagnosis
Posted August 23, 2019 in Product News and Recalls
The ongoing battle over Bayer’s powerful flagship herbicide Roundup has been thrust into an entirely new kind of spotlight. An ex-player for the Pittsburgh Steelers has filed a lawsuit against the corporation claiming that the product caused him to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Former Steelers running back Merril Hoge was first exposed to Roundup in 1977 when he was working on an ...
continue reading...Juror to Roundup Judge: Let Our Decision Stand
Posted August 8, 2019 in Product News and Recalls
A juror in the Roundup cancer trial brought by Edwin Hardeman has taken the unusual step of writing a letter to the judge who presided over the matter asking him to let the verdict stand without reducing it. Stating that the $80 million award was “no accident” and came about through “meticulous planning” by the jury, the letter is attributed only to “juror ...
Latest Roundup Lawsuit Looks to Change Tactics
Posted July 9, 2019 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
The people of Missouri, at least according to a class-action lawsuit filed in the state capital, have a message for Bayer when it comes to Roundup: we’d like a refund.
That is the aim of a class-action lawsuit filed against Roundup manufacturer Bayer in a Kansas City courtroom. The lawsuit alleges that Bayer was fraudulent in its marketing and advertising of the world’s most popular ...
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