On July 1, 2015, the first Lipitor diabetes lawsuit trial is set to begin under guidelines of a multidistrict litigation. Lipitor is classified as a statin, a drug prescribed to reduce high cholesterol levels. More than 20 million people in the United States take statins to control their cholesterol.
In July 2013, an initial request to centralize various Lipitor lawsuits related to diabetes in women into a multidistrict litigation (MDL) was rejected ...
continue reading...Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is a serious condition that requires emergency medical care and often hospitalization. The disorder usually develops as a reaction to certain types of medication. Specifically, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning last year regarding a link between Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and acetaminophen, which is a common pain reliever and fever reducer in both over-the-counter and prescription medications. Similar drugs ibuprofen and naproxen have also been associated with the syndrome.
Patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome tend ...
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Pfizer Inc., manufacturer of Lipitor, Effexor, Zoloft and numerous other medications, has agreed to pay $325 million to resolve a decade-old lawsuit over Neurontin, a drug developed to treat epilepsy. Pfizer was accused of selling the drug without approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and without medical support for its claimed benefits, in an attempt to maximize profits.
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The intrauterine device (IUD) Mirena has caused serious injury to thousands of users, and many women have already initiated lawsuits against manufacturer Bayer Pharmaceuticals. These plaintiffs allege that Mirena is a defective and unreasonably dangerous product, because it can cause ectopic pregnancies, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), perforation of the uterus wall, sepsis, and more. These injuries can result in costly medical bills, ...
A study published in the April 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine indicates that there may be a link between the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra and skin cancer. Viagra, also known as sildenafil citrate, is a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction, a condition that occurs in men in which they are unable to obtain or maintain an erection. The study indicates that men who had used Viagra had ...
continue reading...The Department of Transportation announced recently that General Motors (GM) has been fined $35 million by the federal government for its failure to address an ignition switch defect in a timely fashion. Lawsuits brought by victims of accidents caused by this defect allege that GM knew about the issue for nearly a decade before it began to announce recalls.
Federal laws specifically require car manufacturers to quickly issue a recall for any ...
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