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Sackler Family Attempts To Toss Massachusetts Opioid Lawsuit

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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

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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…

Defendants Fail To Dismiss Florida AG’s Opioid Lawsuit

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In a hearing held in Pasco County, Circuit Judge Declan Mansfield denied defendants' motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson, Purdue Pharma Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.,  CVS Pharmacy Inc., and Walgreen Co. of…

Sacklers' Opioid Deal Endangered Over Bankruptcy Protection

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On Wednesday 25, attorneys representing OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma filed a new complaint stating the Sackler family could drop the multi-billion-dollar opioid

Master Complaint Adopted For 3M Earplug Lawsuit

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A Master Complaint is adopted by the federal court to streamline the future cases that will be brought against 3M Company’s Combat Arms Earplug alleging…

Recall Expanded For 5 Lots Of Losartan Drugs

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On September 19, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) expanded recall on three additional lots of losartan potassium tablets and two additional lots of losartan potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets. The recall announced on…

Vietnam Bans Import Of Glyphosate-Based U.S. Herbicides

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As the controversial Roundup bellwether trial was closely watched by nations all over the world, Vietnam imposed a ban on the import of glyphosate-…

Pa. Jury's First Risperdal Punitive Damages Trial Begins

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A Risperdal punitive damages trial commenced last week in Philadelphia against Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals for illegally…

First Taxotere Bellwether Trial Postponed To September 2019

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In a case management order issued on March 22, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, presiding over all Taxotere hair loss lawsuits, indicated that the start of…