There are several major manufacturers of the medical devices known as transvaginal mesh and bladder slings. The devices are used for surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapse and female stress urinary incontinence. Serious side effects have reported including severe and debilitating problems due to e
The family of a woman who died in 2013 after undergoing a hysterectomy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has sued the medical center. The wrongful death lawsuit, was filed earlier in June in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston. The complaint names the operating surgeon…
There are two major manufacturers of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters that have recently come under fire over their allegedly defective medical devices. The two big players in the device manufacturers include CR Bard and Cook Medical. Cook Medical is exposed to a personal…
Xarelto uncontrollable bleeding litigation is slowly moving ahead. Xarelto is one of the newer oral anticoagulant medications that has been approved by the FDA. The federal Xarelto personal injury and product liability claims are centralized before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon in the Eastern…
Transvaginal mesh injury lawsuits have been slowly winding their way through both the federal and state court system, over the past 4-5 years. The unwieldy personal injury and defective product liability litigation, which now by some estimates tops 100,000 filed lawsuits by injured and affected…
There have been many reports of loosening and other failure problems with the Zimmer Persona artificial knee replacements. According to sources, more than 11,600 of the “personalized” artificial knee components have been recalled less than three years after the novel design was introduced. FDA Warni
According to the FDA recent warning, there are serious issues and side effects with the new class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes. What is Invokana? Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit manufactures and distributes Invokana (canagliflozin), for patients with type-2 diabetes,
Laparoscopic morcellator lawsuits are increasing slowly but surely, filed by injured women who had undiagnosed uterine cancer spread during a minimally invasive hysterectomy. Recently, according to the Wall Street Journal, a settlement has been reached in one of the first federal lawsuits. Lina Medi
There are many product liability lawsuits being filed against the manufacturers of power morcellators. The injured women claim that patients and doctors should have been warned about the risks associated with use of the medical devices during minimally invasive, laparoscopic hysterectomies. What Are
Finally, it is official folks, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. has announced this week, that it will pay more than $2.4 billion to settle the pending Actos lawsuits over bladder cancer claims. Asia’s largest drugmaker agrees to settle more than 9,000 Actos bladder cancer lawsuits in federal…
Boston Scientific, announced a major settlement covering 3,000 women injured by its vaginal mesh and bladder sling products. The settlement includes $119 million to settle claims from nearly 3,000 women who say they were injured by the company’s vaginal mesh products for urinary incontinence and…
According to confidential sources and as reported in today’s Bloomberg News, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. has indicated that it will pay more than $2.3 billion to settle the pending Actos lawsuits over bladder cancer claims. Asia’s largest drugmaker tentatively agrees to settle more than 8,000 Actos…