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FDA Updates REMS For Close Monitoring of Fentanyl Overdoses
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared that the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl (TIRF) medications was updated on March 27, in view of implementing a new…
Monsanto Faces Third Roundup Trial A Day After $80M Verdict
A day after a California jury awarded $80 million to a man suffering from cancer due to Roundup use, an Oakland jury heard opening statements for a married couple's claim filed against Monsanto that the weed killer caused them non-…
Ethicon Physiomesh Bellwether Trial Pushed to June 22, 2020
U.S. District Judge Richard Story, presiding over all federal Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuits, in the Northern District of Georgia, recently announced an almost two-month delay for the beginning of the first Ethicon Physiomesh Trial.…
J&J Settles Ohio County Opioid Crisis Lawsuits for Over $20M
To settle the ongoing legal battle over the opioid overdose crisis, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced a $20.4 million deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties…
J&J Settles Three Asbestos-in-Talc Cases; Wins Another in NJ
On Wednesday, March 27, in three separate trials held in Oklahoma, Los Angeles and New York, J&J confidentially settled three women's lawsuits which blamed asbestos-in-…
Websites Warned to Stop Illegal Sales of Opioids by FDA, DEA
Four online networks, operating a total of 10 websites, have come under the radar of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who have jointly issued warning letters to each network…
Plaintiff Awarded $80M in The First Roundup Bellwether Trial
A California man was awarded $80 million in damages in the first federal trial against Monsanto, as the jury found that glyphosate exposure from Roundup…
Pharma. Giant Slammed With More Than $40M Verdict
On Friday, a 12-member California jury in Los Angeles passed a $40.3 million verdict in favor of a couple. The jury held Johnson & Johnson (J&J) liable for causing the woman to develop mesothelioma.
According to…
Case Management Order Issued For Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, presiding over all federal hernia mesh lawsuit issued a case management order on March 22, approving 12 cases selected by…
Okhlahoma’s OxyContin Lawsuits To Be Settled For $270 Million
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, agreed to pay $270 million to escape from a state court trial over the company's involvement in the opioid…