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• A Tidal Wave Builds as Insulin Pricing Outrage Grows
  There is no way to overstate the importance of the discovery of insulin and the impact it has had on the world. Insulin has either extended or saved the lives of countless diabetics in the nearly 100 years since the discovery occurred. While the event and the attention it would bring would lead to s...

• FDA Speaking Out on Vaginal “Rejuvenation” Treatments, Promises
  “The FDA has not cleared or approved any energy-based medical device for vaginal ‘rejuvenation’ or vaginal cosmetic procedures, or for the treatment of vaginal symptoms related to menopause, urinary incontinence, or sexual function.” These are the words contained in a statement issued by the...

• Invokana Now Carries an Additional Risk: Circumcision
  Patients taking Invokana and other SGLT2 inhibitors to treat and control their Type II diabetes have done so with the risk of a wide variety of adverse side effects for quite some time. The drugs’ links to serious conditions like bone fractures, kidney failure, and a particularly dangerous conditi...

• Gout Medication Subject of FDA Safety Communication
  Patients taking febuxostat (marketed as Uloric) to treat gout will want to pay particular attention to a recent warning issued by the FDA. Last month, the agency released a preliminary alert over concerns that the medication might be responsible for an increased risk of cardiac-related events that c...

• Forbes Analysis: Danger Warnings Make Invokana Harder to Sell
  The analysis is in: people are less likely to buy a medication when they’ve been warned that it may increase the odds of them having their leg or foot amputated. And, while this is bad news for Invokana specifically, Forbes would like you to know that Johnson & Johnson – the drug’s man...

• Daiichi-Sankyo Announces Benicar Settlement in Strongly Worded Press Release
  “The impact to the financial position of the company is not considered material because, upon presentation of proper claim documentation, the settlement fund is expected to be comprised primarily of proceeds from several of Daiichi Sankyo Group’s insurance companies supplemented with company...

• Study Explores Shingles Link to Heart Attack and Stroke
  To an adult who has had chickenpox at some point in his or her life, the idea of one day developing shingles is something they’d most certainly like to avoid. The virus that causes the excruciatingly painful skin rash is the same virus that took you out of school for a while during childhood. It r...

• New Alerts Over Invokana Amputations
  Those who suffer from Type II diabetes are well aware of the risks their disease brings. Medical professionals repeatedly emphasize the importance of keeping up with blood glucose levels, regulating the diet, and exercising. The outcomes of maintaining such vigilance are stark in their contrast. Com...

• FDA Adds Ketoacidosis, Urinary Infection Warnings to SGLT2 Inhibitor Labels
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed in a new safety communication that the labels of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors will now carry warnings about ketoacidosis and serious urinary infections. The update comes after a communication earlier this year in which the...

• Lopez McHugh Files Invokana Lawsuit Alleging Diabetic Ketoacidosis Injury
  PHILADELPHIA (December 2015) – The national trial lawyers of Lopez McHugh have filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Janssen, alleging that its diabetes medication, Invokana®, causes patients to develop diabetic ketoacidosis. The lawsuit (Case No. 15-12-00653) was fil...