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Cook Medical Defends Its Products Over Recent IVC Verdict
The recent $33 million verdict by a Philadelphia jury to a woman who was injured using a blood filter manufactured by the company Rex Medical has resulted in Cook Medical to release a statement defending their IVC filter devices.
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Rhode Island Judge Rules Bard Hernia Patch Lawsuit Timely
According to an order issued on January 7, 2019, Judge Alice Gibney of the Rhode Island Superior Court found that the claims filed by a plaintiff in a hernia…
Hernia Mesh Summary Judgment Motion Upheld
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a summary judgment motion granted to C.R. Bard in a hernia mesh lawsuit filed by the estate of a victim who died…
EPA Criticized For Ignoring IARC’s Glyphosate Cancer Review
An analysis published on January 14, 2019, in the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Sciences Europe, challenges the 2017 decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) to tag glyphosate as safe to use and non-…
CDC Reports Rural-Urban Gap in Opioid Prescription
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that around 9% of rural residents received an opioid prescription in recent years as…
Union Carbide Co. Hit With $2.38M Asbestos Verdict
The widow of a factory worker who died of pleural mesothelioma due to exposure to asbestos while working in a chemical company was awarded $2.38 million in compensatory damages on Tuesday by a New Jersey state court jury. The second…
J&J Pays $120M To Settle Multistate Defective Hip Lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit agreed on Tuesday, January 22, to pay $120 million to resolve defective hip implant claims filed by 46 U.S. states over the company's metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant complications…
Stomach Cancer Case Filed Linked To Nexium and Prilosec Use
According to a recent complaint filed on January 17, 2019, by a Louisiana man in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, AstraZeneca, Merck, and Procter & Gamble failed to provide an adequate warning regarding…
Govt. Shutdown A Threat To Drug & Device Approval Process
The government shutdown in the U.S. which started on December 22, 2018, has largely affected the drug and medical device approval process due to a shortage of staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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A Celexa & Lexapro Case Revived By The 1st Court of Appeals
On January 30, 2019, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston revived a lawsuit filed against Allergan PLC's Forest Laboratories with claims that the company illegally promoted the effectiveness of their antidepressants for children…