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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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950 NuvaRing Lawsuits Pending As Of December 31, 2011 According To Merck Annual Report

March 15, 2012

820 Cases Are Filed In Federal Court NuvaRing MDL And 125 Lawsuits Are Part Of New Jersey State Court Mass Tort (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ______________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: First NuvaRing Lawsuit Trials Against Merck Are…
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Fosamax Trial In New Jersey State Court Scheduled To Start Monday, February 27, 2012

February 24, 2012

The Flores Case And The Sessner Case Involve Incidents Of ONJ Jaw Injury, Not The Femur Fracture Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ______________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: During pretrial hearings Judge Higbee severed the Flores…
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Gianvi Lawsuits Against The Drug Companies Still Possible After 2011 Supreme Court Preemption Ruling Re: Generic Drug Injury Lawsuits

February 6, 2012

Reason Is That Bayer Has Been Supplying Teva And Barr With The Product For Their Gianvi Pills Since December 2010 (Agreement Is Similar To Ocella Deal) (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Gianvi, a…
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Fosamax Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw (ONJ) Federal Court MDL Litigation: A Mixed Forecast For 2012

December 29, 2011

Three More Lawsuits (Boles, Jellema, and Spano) Set For Trial, And A Special Master Appointed To Conduct Settlement Talks (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) There are currently more than 900 Fosamax lawsuits pending against defendant…
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Next Fosamax Jaw Injury Lawsuit Trial, Secrest v. Merck, Scheduled To Start In Early September 2011

August 25, 2011

Federal Court Judge Keenan Wants Two More Fosamax – ONJ Bellwether Cases To Go To Jury Verdict After This Trial(Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _____________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: "Merck Wins Another Federal Bellwether Trial Regarding…
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730 NuvaRing Lawsuits Filed As Of December 31, 2010 Per Merck Annual Report

March 28, 2011

610 Cases Were In Federal Court NuvaRing MDL And 110 Complaints Filed In New Jersey State Court (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ______________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: First NuvaRing Lawsuit Trials Against Merck Are Currently Scheduled…
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Generic Drug Company Should Not Be Allowed To Use Federal Preemption To Defeat Lawsuits

March 14, 2011

U. S. Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments On This Legal Issue In Drug Injury Lawsuit Involving Gladys Mensing (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _____________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: The Pliva, Inc., et al. v. Mensing case was…
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Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Alleged To Have Caused Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Just Before April 2009 Recall

January 13, 2011

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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Prempro Litigation Report: Here Is A Tale of Two Very Different Recent Case Outcomes

December 9, 2010

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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