Tylenol is one of the most commonly used drugs in the United States. The active ingredient in Tylenol is a drug called acetaminophen. Acetaminophen-containing products such as Tylenol are used by over 50 million Americans weekly to treat conditions such as pain, fever, and the aches and pains associated with…
In September, Topamax lawsuits pending in federal courts throughout the country were consolidated in Pennsylvania. The lawsuits allege birth defects in children whose mothers took Topamax. This blog post discusses these suits. If you have an interest in discussing a potential Topamax lawsuit, call 888-322-3010 or get a free online…
After eight hours of deliberations, a Montana jury found that a Breg infusion shoulder pump was defective and caused injury to an orthopedic surgeon. Plaintiff’s verdict? Not so fast. The jury found the product was defective but that the infusion pump conformed to the state-of-the-art design at the time it…
The C.R. Bard Avaulta vaginal mesh lawsuits allege that mesh surgically implanted to treat pelvic organ prolapse may be defective. As a result, an unbelievable number of women are at risk for internal injuries and urinary problems. The FDA recently expressed an even graver concern that the placement of surgical…
A Chantix murder/suicide lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania alleging that Chantix caused a man to kill his wife and then himself. The victims’ families claim there was not an adequate warning that Chantix could cause this extreme level of aggressive behavior. Obviously, the claim is that Chantix was a…
Last month, I took exception to a Drug and Device Law Blog post and wrote a semi snarly retort on the topic of the confidentiality of discovery documents. Bad move. The Drug and Device Law Blog fired back a response pretty much took my post and beat me over the…
The Drug and Device Law Blog has an articulate rant about plaintiffs’ lawyers jerking around defendants on whether certain documents produced should be deemed confidential. The core of their argument is that plaintiffs’ interests in the battle over confidential documents are either for (1) sport or (2) to shop documents…
Lots going on in GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia world. They’ve been wounded but avoided summary execution yesterday when twelve of 33 members voted to allow it to stay on the market, albeit with significant restrictions and black box warnings. See CNN’s article. One expert cited in the article noted that: “I don’t…
The medical journal The Lancet is chiming in on the Avandia debacle. Back in 2009, The Lancet published a paper about the RECORD study (funded by Avandia manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline) which was widely criticized. The major complaint is that the article did not include the drop-out rate—without knowing which patients went…
Two prominent Chicago orthopedic surgeons are calling for the recall of Zimmer’s NexGen CR-Flex Knee replacement devices. There has already been a recall of related devices to a part of the knee. The porous femoral component (that is, the part of the replacement that covers the head of the femur,…