Category: Legal Case Updates
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Prescription Oral Sodium Phosphate (OSP) Products Visicol And OsmoPrep Get Black-Box Warning
Related Recall Of Over-The-Counter OSP Fleet Phospho-Soda, Which Is Subject Of Product Liability Lawsuits (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On December 11, 2008 the FDA issued by email a MedWatch Safety Alert which was titled…
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Risk Of Digoxin Toxicity / Digitalis Poisoning Higher In First Two Months Following A Hospitalization
Researchers Looked For Possible Digoxin-Related Adverse Drug Events In Older Patients From Pennsylvania (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the wake of the generic digoxin pill Digitek being recalled in the spring of…
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FDA And DOJ File Court Papers In November 2008 To Shut Down Actavis Totowa LLC
Federal Government Seeks A Permanent Injunction Against This Drug Company That Produced Defective Digitek Pills (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A November 13, 2008 Bloomberg article, "Actavis Sued by U.S. Regulators to Shut…
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Transcript Of Wyeth v. Levine Supreme Court Oral Arguments On November 3, 2008
Read What The Attorneys For Diana Levine And Wyeth Argued, And What Questions Were Asked By The Justices Regarding Possible Federal Preemption Of This Drug Injury Case (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) **********…
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Learn More About Possible Federal Preemption of Drug Injury Lawsuits And Wyeth v. Levine
Get Background Information, Opinions, And Resources For This Important Legal And Public Policy Issue (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ********** UPDATE: Drug Injury Lawsuits Are Not Preempted By Federal Law (3/4/09) On March 4,…
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Pfizer Settles Most Bextra And Celebrex Drug Injury Cases
Company Will Pay $745 Million In Settlements To Conclude 90% Of These Lawsuits (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An October 17, 2008 Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article, "Pfizer to Settle Celebrex and Bextra…
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Pfizer Is Accused Of Withholding Or Altering Drug Study Results About Neurontin That Were Not Favorable
If Drug Companies Put Sales Above Efficacy And Safety, Should They Get Legal Immunity By Means Of Federal Preemption Doctrine? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the first part of October 2008 we…
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Digitek Lawsuits Filed In Federal Court Sent To The Southern District Of West Virginia
Judge Joseph R. Goodwin Will Preside Over "Double-Dose" Digitek Pill Cases Pursuant To MDL Litigation Order (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On August 13, 2008 the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) issued…
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August 2008: NuvaRing MDL Created In Federal Court System, Eastern District Of Missouri
Ruling By Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Will Result In Transfer Of All NuvaRing Federal Court Cases (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ____________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: Our Focus Page on NuvaRing has a complete collection…
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Wyeth v. Levine Supreme Court Hearing On Federal Preemption Of Drug Injury Lawsuits
Various Parties Have Filed Briefs With Their Arguments About Whether Or Not An Injured Patient Should Be Able To File A Lawsuit Against The Drug Company (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ********** UPDATE: Drug Injury Lawsuits Are Not Preempted By…