Johnson & Johnson, (J&J) the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device maker is under withering fire over its antipsychotic blockbuster drug, Risperdal. Earlier in February, the drug manufacturer lost the first trial in state court in Philadelphia over allegations that Risperdal causes gynec
In the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL), testosterone litigation, there are 1,100 cases filed against all manufacturers, and 714 Androgel lawsuits against Abbvie. Federal Multidistrict Litigation In June 2014, all federal testosterone lawsuits were centralized as part of a single MDL, for coor
DePuy ASR hip replacements continue to fail prematurely and require painful and risky revision surgery. Total Number of Settlements Exceeds 9,400 Cases Johnson and Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, has agreed to add another 1,400 hip injury claims to a settlement agreement reached
The jury has spoken loud and clear, sending a strong message in Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal trial. The Philadelphia panel found that J&J had failed to properly warn that the antipsychotic drug could cause breast development (gynecomastia) in boys and young men, in the first…
Finally the monster transvaginal mesh litigation is heading for a global settlement. U.S. District Judge, John Goodwin, who presiding over all federal vaginal mesh lawsuits has appointed a Special Master to forge settlement talks between C.R. Bard and women who allege the mesh and bladder…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BixcAewKQYg Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. was sent a stern message again by a Philadelphia state court jury, that concluded Actos caused bladder cancer. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. was ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in compensatory damages a
In the most recent DePuy ASR defective metal hip trial, an Oklahoma woman has been awarded $2.5 million after suffering metal blood poisoning or metallosis from DePuy ASR hip replacements. Andrea Smith, received ASR hip implants on each side in October 2006 and February 2007.…
The DePuy ASR litigation has been going on now for the past several years, picking up steam after the global ASR recall issued by the manufacturer Johnson and Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy, in August 2010. In November 2014, J&J announced a settlement plan to…
Late last year, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced consolidation and centralization of all nationwide Xarelto lawsuits filed in federal courts before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Over 86 Federal Xarelto Lawsuits Bayer Healthcare
According to riveting court testimony, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), knew as early as 2001 that the medication caused boys to grow breasts. This testimony was provided by David Kessler, the former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in the first case over the…
According to sources, Johnson & Johnson has settled at least four Ethicon transvaginal mesh lawsuits. These are the first few settlements reached out of over twenty thousand personal injury cases filed against the Johnson & Johnson Ethicon subsidiary company. These settlements were reached in state…
U.S. District Judge Goodwin, who is presiding over all federal vaginal mesh lawsuits has rejected a request by C.R. Bard to delay all currently scheduled bellwether trials. The next Bard Avaulta bellwether trial is set to go before a jury on February 18. Bard pushed…