Tag: drug injury
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FDA Seeks Information About Topamax-Related Oral Cleft Birth Defect Cases
Request For Historical Incidence Data Made In Connection With NDA For New Obesity Drug (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)In mid-January 2011 the biopharmaceutical company Vivus, Inc. — while providing a regulatory update on…
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Sanofi-Aventis “Dear Doctor” Letter Will Warn Heart Drug Multaq Associated With Liver Failure
Liver Toxicity And Cardiac Side Effects Cause Dr. Steven Nissen To Express "concerns about the safety, efficacy and tolerability of dronedarone" (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ______________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: Multaq "safety warning" issued by…
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Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Alleged To Have Caused Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Just Before April 2009 Recall
2011 Raptiva Lawsuit Filed In Texas Against Drug Company: Failure To Warn About Side Effect Risks (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)Back in 2009 we told you about some of the developments which led…
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Fertility Drugs Clomid And Serophene Have Long Been Associated With Birth Defects
Should These Drugs Have Stronger Warning About Increased Risk Of Fetal Abnormality After Clomiphene Use? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)Clomiphene is a prescription drug used for more than thirty years, now, to induce ovulation (egg production)…
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NuvaRing Update: First Trial Dates In MDL And New Jersey Mass Tort Litigation Not Until 2012, Now
Discovery Deadlines And Expert Witness Deposition Dates Are Extended To Allow Time For Additional Document Review (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ______________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: First NuvaRing Lawsuit Trials Against Merck Are Currently Scheduled To…
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Prempro Litigation Report: Here Is A Tale of Two Very Different Recent Case Outcomes
As Of December 2010 The Fourteen Jury Verdicts Are Evenly Split Between Defendant Pfizer And Plaintiffs (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) We will start with the more recent case, Torkie-Tork v. Wyeth, 04-cv-945,…
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First Levaquin Lawsuit Trial In Federal Court MDL Litigation Started In Mid-November 2010
John Schedin v. Johnson and Johnson: Man Ruptured Achilles Tendons In Both Feet After Taking Levaquin (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _____________________________________________________________________________ UPDATES: "J&J Loses First Trial on Warnings of Levaquin Risk" (12/8/10,…