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FDA Warns Fluoroquinolone Can Lead To Aortic Dissection
In a drug safety alert sent out on December 20, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that systemic use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics like Levaquin…
Motion Filed Forcing Production Of 3M Samples In Litigation
The plaintiffs suffering from hearing loss allegedly caused due to 3M military earplugs filed a motion asking the U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers to compel the…
J&J Agrees To Pay More Than $1.5 Million To Settle Talc Case
In a stipulation of discontinuance without prejudice filed on December 21 in the New York Supreme Court for New York County, the parties involved in an asbestos cancer case have reached a settlement agreement in a case slated to begin…
Roundup Lawsuit: Former CEO To Testify At St. Louis Trial
The former CEO of Monsanto has been subpoenaed to testify at a St. Louis Roundup trial.
This will be the first time where the executive is required to testify…
Attorney’s Widow Seeks To Toss GSK's Paxil Case Win
On December 19, attorneys for a plaintiff filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting to determine whether her claims were preempted because federal law prevents GlaxoSmithKline from adding a suicide warning label in…
J&J Appeals Okla's $465M Opioid Verdict
On Monday, attorneys on behalf of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Janssen Pharmaceuticals filed an appeal over Oklahoma judge’s ruling to pay $465 million to help the state recover from the…
Gilead Shifting Patients To Newly Approved Drug Descovy
Gilead is working to shift its Truvada pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users to Descovy, the newer HIV drug approved by the FDA for PReP treatment.
Descovy, known as tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), is a newer generation of HIV drugs…
Arizona's Opioid Claim Against Sacklers Rejected
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court Rejected a case filed by the Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich against the Sackler family to compensate billions of dollars they allegedly raided from the company Purdue Pharma LP.
According…
Glyphosate Lawsuits Postponed For Settlement Talks
Glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup lawsuits are being postponed to allow more time for talks on a settlement following an agreement between Bayer and plaintiffs in its…
20 PPI Lawsuits To Head Towards Bellwether Discovery Pool
Proton Pump Inhibitor Lawsuits over kidney problems including Nexium, Prilosec, and other similar drugs have been selected as a part of Bellwether Discovery Pool, by U.S.…
