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Viagra MDL For Melanoma Side Effect Legal Claims May Expand To Include Cialis Lawsuits, Soon, And Levitra Cases, Later

October 17, 2016

There Is An Apparent Melanoma Skin Cancer Link For Each Of These ED Drugs Given How PDE5 Inhibition Augments Tumor Cell Invasiveness (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: IN RE: Viagra…
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Fall 2016 Update On Fosamax Femur Fracture Lawsuits Is Not Much Different Than What Was Reported A Year Ago

September 20, 2016

Bottom Line Is That The Fate Of These Lawsuits Against Merck Is In The Hands Of The U.S. Court of Appeals For The Third Circuit (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE:…
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Merck Provides First 2016 Update For Fosamax – Femur Fracture Products Liability Lawsuits

May 17, 2016

About 4,400 Cases Still Pending In Federal Court MDL As Well As New Jersey And California State Courts (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE: On March 22, 2017 the Third Circuit…
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Lawyers For Plaintiffs And Drug Company Merck Make Their Arguments To Third Circuit Appeals Court In Fosamax – Femur Fracture Litigation

January 20, 2016

One Of The Legal Issues Is Whether Merck Could Have And Should Have Strengthened The Drug Label Warnings About This Apparent Side Effect, Or Not (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE:…
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Zofran: MDL No. 2657 Pending In Massachusetts With Judge Dennis Saylor Presiding Over These Drug Injury Birth Defects Lawsuits

November 3, 2015

Women Who Used Zofran Had Babies With Cleft Palate / Cleft Lip, Various Types Of Heart-Related Problems, And Other Congenital Malformations (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In July 2015 the drug…
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Fosamax – Femur Fracture Lawsuits Update: California Verdict For Merck In April 2015 With Two More California Trials Scheduled For July 2015 And October 2015

June 17, 2015

Federal Court Fosamax MDL Reassigned From Judge Pisano To Judge Wolfson While We Wait For Appellate Court To Rule On Appeals From Glynn And Gaynor Case Rulings (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)…
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December 2014 Fosamax – Femur Fracture Litigation Update: In The Fosamax Federal Court MDL There Are Dismissals, Appeals, And Court-Ordered Mediations

December 5, 2014

Judge Pisano’s Rulings About Merck’s Pre-September 2010 Fosamax Label And Its Subsequent Revised Fosamax Label Are Being Challenged By The Plaintiffs (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE: On March 22, 2017…
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June 2014 Fosamax – Femur Fracture Litigation Update: Thousands Of Cases Pending, But No Trial Dates Currently Scheduled In Federal Court MDL Nor New Jersey Multicounty Litigation

June 6, 2014

Merck Corporate SEC Filing for First Quarter 2014 Provides Information About Numbers Of Lawsuits In Various Court Jurisdictions Being Worked Up For Some Possible Trials In The Future (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)…
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NuvaRing Update 2013: More NuvaRing Lawsuits Filed According To Merck Report; First NuvaRing Trial Dates Moved Back (Again)

March 25, 2013

March 2013 Rulings By New Jersey Judge Martinotti And NuvaRing MDL Judge Sippel On Expert Witness Testimony Issues All Go In Favor Of Plaintiffs (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ______________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: "Merck to pay…
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1,165 Fosamax – Femur Fracture Lawsuits Pending As Of December 2011 According To Merck Report

May 9, 2012

825 Lawsuits Are Part Of New Jersey State Court Mass Tort Consolidation; Majority Of Other Cases Are Filed In "Second" Fosamax Federal Court MDL (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The following information about the number…
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