Taxotere: – MDL No. 2740

Introduction

Taxotere: – MDL No. 2740; in Re: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation, created on October 4, 2016, under Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt in the Eastern District of Louisiana; the bellwether trials will begin on January 28, 2019; April 8, 2019; July 15, 2019; and November 4, 2019. Furthermore, an alopecia lawsuit has also been filed against Sanofi Aventis and at least 6 other defendants by a number of women in Cook County Circuit Court and various other state courts including Pennsylvania and Illinois.

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Taxotere: – MDL No. 2740