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1-in-5 Women Affected By Essure's Allergic Reactions: FDA

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Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ongoing study over Essure indicates that more than 20% of women implanted with the birth control device may be suffering from allergic or…

W.Va. Asbestos Trial Jury Selection To Begin Next Week

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On Tuesday, Judge Ronald E. Wilson of the First Judicial Circuit in West Virginia, who oversees the state’s asbestos docket, issued a notice announcing that the jury selection in…

BASF & Its Former Counsel Reaches $73M Asbestos Settlement

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In a motion, dated 23rd of July, for preliminary approval of the class action settlement, BASF Catalysts LLC and its longtime national counsel agreed to establish a $72.5 million settlement fund to compensate those plaintiffs, who alleged that…

Study Finds Vision Problems Progresses Post Elmiron Treatment

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A new study by researchers of the Emory School of Medicine on the interstitial cystitis drug, Elmiron, indicates that vision problems can continue to progress even after the usage of…

Plaintiffs Seek To Consolidate Elmiron Lawsuits

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On September 23, two plaintiffs who claim that the bladder medication, Elmiron, results in permanent vision problems have asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate and…

SSRIs Linked To Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Children

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JAMA Psychiatry published a study earlier this month, indicating that children who were prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (…

Calif's Third Virtual Asbestos Trial Gets Rolling

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On Monday, California's third virtual Asbestos trial kicked off with an argument by a former Navy sailor's counsel that the plaintiff was exposed to cancer-causing asbestos,…

Federal Judge Plans JUUL Bellwether Case Selection Process

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U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III, overseeing the federal JUUL multidistrict litigation (MDL), issued an order establishing the method for the parties to choose the cases that will be…

$600M Settlement Reached Over Opioid Addiction Drug Suboxone

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On Friday, Indivior PLC, a Chesterfield County-based drug company, agreed to pay $600 million after its subsidiary Indivior Solutions Inc., pleaded guilty in federal court in Abingdon over its…

Zantac Manufacturers Face DOJ Probe Over Cancer Lawsuits

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Sanofi-Aventis US LLC and GlaxoSmithKline LLC in a pair of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings said that they are facing a probe by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations that the heartburn drug,…