Known as SGLT2 inhibitors for short, sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors are a class of drugs intended for certain individuals with Type II diabetes. The drugs prevent glucose from being absorbed in the kidneys and reduce glucose in the blood by causing it to be expelled in the urine.
Unfortunately, this relatively new class of drugs has already allegedly caused enough ...
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An initial status conference will be held on December 8 to discuss and organize the newly centralized fluoroquinolone MDL. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim, who is overseeing the Minnesota District litigation, will likely want to appoint lawyers from both sides to leadership roles and begin the discovery process.
Fluoroquinolones (FLQs), a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics, drew attention recently when a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted to recommend that manufacturers strengthen the warning labels ...
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The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided on earlier this month to centralize 22 Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuits before the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Lopez McHugh co-founder Ramon Rossi Lopez appeared last month when the Panel heard arguments in favor of centralization. Plaintiffs in Bard IVC filter lawsuits are expected to benefit from the Panel’s decision, which ...
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered the transfer of all federal lawsuits filed over allegedly defective IVC filters made by medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard, Inc. to the District of Arizona following the appearance at a July 30 hearing of lead IVC filter attorney Ramon Rossi Lopez.
Lopez, founding partner of Lopez McHugh LLP, argued in favor of the transfer at the hearing in San Francisco. ...
continue reading...A July 17 joint report filed before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey indicates that the number of Benicar lawsuits included in multidistrict litigation (MDL) 2606 now stands at 205. This is a whopping 135 more than the 70 Benicar lawsuits reported at an MDL conference in June, and 190 more than the initial 15 federal cases centralized in March.
Benicar, pharmaceutical giant ...
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Testosterone lawsuits filed as part of the multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois are now in excess of 2,000, according to the MDL web page. The number is up from 1,500 two months ago. The testosterone MDL was established in June 2014, and initially included eight separate testosterone lawsuits. Plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits in the MDL ...
