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2nd. Circuit Court Refuses To Revive 60 Eliquis Lawsuits
On Tuesday, March 26, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld the dismissal of 60 Eliquis lawsuits targeted at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Inc., related to the dangers of their blood thinner drug.
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Xarelto Defendants Announce A Whopping $775M Settlement
A favorable settlement amounting to a total of $775 million was announced on Monday by Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals to resolve over 25,000 lawsuits pending in the U.S. courts over…
Eight Sackler Family Members on The Hook For Opioid Crisis
More than 500 cities, counties and Native American tribes sued eight members of the billionaire Sacker family, who own Purdue Pharma, in the Southern District of New York, accusing them of the…
Jury Clears Sanofi In The First Taxotere Bellwether Trial
The first bellwether trial, underway in Louisiana federal court against Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC over claims that the chemotherapy drug Taxotere causes patients to…
LA County Imposes Ban On Roundup Weedkiller
Los Angeles County is the latest to issue a ban on the infamous glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup after a San Francisco federal jury ruled in the…
Pa. Supreme Court Allows Out-of-State Ethicon Mesh Cases
Johnson & Johnson's attempt to get all out-of-state plaintiffs dismissed, from the Ethicon pelvic mesh litigation in Philadelphia, was rejected…
Defendant Fact Sheet Chartered For Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
According to an order issued on April 1, the federal court overseeing the hernia mesh injury claims, targeted at C.R. Bard's polypropylene products,…
J&J Appeals On Oklahoma Judge's $572M Order
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday over an Oklahoma judge's $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for fueling the state's…
Sackler Family Attempts To Toss Massachusetts Opioid Lawsuit
Purdue Pharma LP's owners, the billionaire Sackler family, asked a Massachusetts judge to dismiss state Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit which blames them for the national…
149 Abilify Plaintiffs' Claims Dismissed
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers dismissed 149 cases linked to the side effects of the antipsychotic drug Abilify due to plaintiffs' failure to…