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Valisure Researchers Highlight Zantac Health Risks
Last month, Valisure researchers highlighted serious health risks inherent in Zantac through two new independent studies published in JAMA Network Open and MedRxiv.
In these…
Zimmer Biomet Asks To Toss $3.55M Hip Implant Verdict
Last Friday, Biomet Inc. filed a pair of briefs seeking a judgment or a new trial over a federal jury’s $3.55 million judgment in a lawsuit brought by a couple alleging the company's…
CDC Reports Synthetic Opioid Deaths Rose In Recent Years
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), issued on Friday, indicated that from 2013 to 2019, the age-…
First Atrium C-Qur Mesh Trial Rescheduled For July 7, 2021
U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, overseeing all Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuits, rescheduled the…
Ethicon Physiomesh Trials To Begin From March
U.S. District Judge Richard Story, presiding over all federal hernia mesh lawsuits involving Ethicon Physiomesh, has released a trial schedule with the first case starting in March.
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FTC Urges On No Delay In JUUL & Altria Trial
Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) trial staff has urged that the commission should not delay the virtual trial slated for April 13 against the tobacco manufacturer Altria's $12.8 billion investment in electronic cigarette company…
LA Woman's Lawsuit Over Allergan Breast Implant Settled
A Louisiana woman reached a settlement with Allergan USA Inc. over a lawsuit filed against the company over its allegedly defective Natrelle Style 410 FX implants, which had to be removed after they got ruptured.
According to the lawsuit…
Study Links Risk Of Asthma In Children To Use Of PPIs
On Monday, a study was published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics in which Swedish researchers suggested that future breathing and respiratory risks are the potential adverse events that should be considered when prescribing proton-pump…
NE Woman’s ParaGard Warning Claims Refused To Be Revived
On Monday, the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed that Teva Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of ParaGard intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD), was not…
4 Mentor Breast Implant Lawsuit's Dismissal Upheld
Last week, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of four lawsuits brought against Mentor Worldwide LLC’s MemoryGel silicone breast implants, stating that the claims are barred by federal law.
According to the memorandum…