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• Lawsuit accuses Johnson & Johnson of deception
  A lawyer representing the state of Arkansas claims that Janssen, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, misled thousands of doctors in the state about the risks accompanying the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, Bloomberg reports. Arkansas is seeking more than $1.25 billion in penalties for alleged violation...

• Diabetics warned about drug to lower blood sugar
  An Irish newspaper, the Evening Herald, reports that diabetics in Europe have been warned about a drug used to lower blood sugar, which has been linked to severe side-effects. According to the report, patients have suffered “serious hypersensitivity reactions” including anaphylactic shoc...

• Avandia
  In February of 2010, the Senate Finance Committee released a report in which it was stated that the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) has been linked with tens of thousands of heart attacks. More importantly, the Senate Finance Committee reported that the maker of Avandia, GlaxoSmithKli...

• Zyprexa®
  Zyprexa® has been linked to diabetes, hyperglycemia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome, carrying fears so great that it led Japan and the European Union to include warnings about the sometimes-fatal Zyprexa side effects. Public Citizen consumer group believes the FDA has done little to warn physic...

• Chantix
  Please note: Lopez McHugh is no longer accepting cases involving Chantix. The drug Chantix, manufactured by Pfizer, is a medication used to help people stop smoking. The FDA identified an association between Chantix and serious psychiatric side effects, and requested that Pfizer add warnings about ...

• Eli Lilly and Co pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud claims based on off-label promotion of Zyprexa.
  JANUARY 15, 2009 – Eli Lilly and Co, under criminal and civil investigation concerning the drug Zyprexa, has pleaded guilty to violation of federal law and settled Medicaid fraud claims based on off-label promotion of Zyprexa. The drug was approved for the treatment of schizophrenia but was p...

• Chantix, designed to help quit smoking, found to cause mental problems, including thoughts of suicide.
  October 10, 2008 – The drug Chantix is a medication used to help people stop smoking, but side effects have included anxiety, depression, hallucinations, loss of consciousness, and thoughts of or attempts at suicide. Between late 2006 and late 2007, there were 988 Chantix-related adverse event...

• Across Country, Lawsuits Link Incurable Illness to MRI Dye – Gadolinium
  By Evan George Daily Journal Staff Writer This article appears on Page 1 HEMET – Ramon Rodriguez was always good with his hands. The ex-Marine fixed cars, stitched leather and tinkered with home improvements, despite his diabetes and a failed kidney. But that was before his skin began turning ...

• Merck Wins Battle, Faces War
  Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth, 11.03.05, 1:42 PM ET Merck won a significant decision in a Vioxx lawsuit, emerging victorious on all counts in the New Jersey case of a postal worker and Vietnam veteran who said that two months of Vioxx use caused his heart attack. “This vindicates that we ...