There are almost 600 lawsuits pending in multidistrict litigation in Indiana against device manufacturer Biomet. Earlier this month, Biomet filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that because a component of its implant was involved in a clinical trial, plaintiff Leslie Caccia was preempted from bringing suit. The judge in the case denied the motion, stating…
The latest change to the Tylenol packaging is that the cap of the product will now read “Contains Acetaminophen” and “Always Read the Label.” Click here to read more about this latest change. However, this is not the first time Tylenol has added new warnings to its label. In 1994, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil…
Drug giant Bayer Pharmaceuticals has announced that of over 12,000 cases alleging that its popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin caused blood clots and related problems, it has settled 6,700 of them for $1.4 billion. The drug giant’s settlement stopped short of actually admitting responsibility for the fact that the pills caused deep vein…
On August 28, 2013, it was announced that litigation involving incretin mimetic drugs Byetta, Victoza, Januvia, and Janumet are being consolidated into multi-district litigation in California federal court. Usually lawsuits against different companies, as is in this case, are not consolidated into one MDL. In this case however, many of the plaintiffs bringing the lawsuits…
On August 21, 2013, the same day the second trial regarding Bard’s transvaginal mesh product Avaulta was to begin, Bard settled the case for an undisclosed amount. The case was Queen v. C.R. Bard, Inc., in which husband and wife plaintiffs Greg and Wanda Queen alleged that Bard’s Avaulta product caused permanent injury and pain…
In an important verdict against transvaginal mesh manufacturer C.R. Bard, a federal jury in West Virginia found the manufacturer liable for $2 million in damages to a woman who suffered serious injuries after being implanted with a product from its Avaulta line of transvaginal mesh. The jury deliberated over 2 days, and finally awarded Donna…
Beginning in October, bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol sold in the United States will come with a new cap warning the following: “Contains Acetaminophen” and “Always Read the Label”. The label will then state that the product contains acetaminophen, overdoses of which are the leading cause of sudden liver failure. Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil unit…
Birth control pills are not the only option for women looking for contraception. An intrauterine device, or IUD, is a plastic, t-shaped medical device that a doctor inserts in through a woman’s vagina into a woman’s uterus. There are two types of IUDs, hormonal and copper. The most popular of the hormonal IUDs is Mirena,…
On August 1, 2013, the FDA released another warning regarding Tylenol and all medications that contain acetaminophen, both over-the-counter and by prescription. The warning states that though rare, in some circumstances individuals taking these medications may develop very serious skin rashes. The FDA warning does not include a particular dosage at which the risks for…
In June of 2012, U.K. based medical device manufacturer Smith & Nephew issued a recall of a metal liner belonging to its R3 Acetabular System. The R3 Acetabular System is a modular system, which was created to allow the surgeon to custom-pick the parts that might best fit the patient. The parts were made of…
