Mass Tort News

Last week, a new study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in which researchers indicate that the rates of neonatal abstinence…

Last week, the New York Supreme Court for New York County awarded summary judgment to the defendant, Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), in an asbestos case after finding that the evidence did not support…

On Tuesday, Judge Robert B. Kugler of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, presiding over the blood pressure drug valsartan lawsuits, said that consumers in the multidistrict litigation…

Last month, a study was published in the medical journal Microbiome, in which researchers noted that chronic exposure to…

Last week, the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, reversed a jury decision to award $1.25 million to the family of a now-deceased West Virginia woman alleging Boehringer Ingelheim's blood thinner…

Allergan USA Inc. filed a supplemental brief on January 5 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, asking the federal judge to dismiss claims against its…

It appears that there are more drugs that cause pain than relieve it. Case in point: Xarelto. Generally known as Rivaroxaban, this drug is as an anticoagulant, a blood thinner that is used to reduce the risk of blood clots and strokes. Lately,…

Considering the recommendations made by a government-appointed committee, the Indian Drug Regulator has asked Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay ₹20 lakh as interim compensation to each affected individual who suffered complications…

On Wednesday, Ontario passed a bill to join five other provinces in a class-action suit led by British Columbia against opioid manufacturers alleging false marketing…

Last week, a study was published in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging where researchers with a purpose to investigate the effects of ischemic stroke on…