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Allergan Makes Opioid Lawsuit Settlement Deal
On Friday 30, Allergan PLC made a $5 million settlement with two Ohio counties involved in the ongoing bellwether cases in multidistrict opioid litigation.
…Sanofi Taxotere Trial: Former FDA Head To Testify
Dr. David A. Kessler, a former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, may testify at an upcoming multidistrict litigation bellwether trial against Sanofi-Aventis US LLC over allegations that the drugmaker should have warned patients…
Plaintiffs To Submit Short-Form Complaint In Valsartan MDL
On August 20, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider made it mandatory for all Valsartan lawsuits to be filed along with a short-form complaint that will help in tracking and coordinating the cases. The order also requires the seven-page…
J&J Fueled Okla. Opioid Crisis: Drugmaker To Pay $572M
Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman ordered drugmaker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. to pay $572 million after finding that the consumer products giant fueled the state's…
Purdue Pharma Proposes $10-12B To Settle Opioid Crisis
Drugmaker and distributor Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the Sackler family, have proposed $10 billion to $12 billion to settle more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits…
Bard IVC Lawsuits: Remand Order Suggestion Issued
U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell determined about 600 Bard IVC filter cases are ready to be returned to different federal district courts nationwide for…
Georgia’s First Talcum Ovarian Cancer Trial Is Set To Begin
On Monday, September 9, the trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) talc-based baby powder that caused ovarian cancer to a woman is set to begin in Atlanta. In the first case of its kind, Georgia jurors will have a…
Summary Judgment Awarded To UCC In Asbestos Case
The Delaware trial court awarded summary judgment to Union Carbide Corp. over an asbestos lawsuit filed against it after finding that the chemical company relied…
Laws To Implicate Complete Ban on Asbestos
In a recent press conference held this week, New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., and a group of Congressional representatives discussed ‘The Alan Reinstein Ban …
Former FDA Inspector On Valsartan Recalls
According to a news report, former FDA inspector Massoud Motamed said that he had warned about problems with valsartan manufacturing facilities in China and India…