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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- $1B DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Verdict Against J&J
Dec-2-16 Santa Clara, CA: A jury in Dallas has awarded $1 billion to six plaintiffs who are suing Johnson & Johnson (J&J) alleging the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant made by the company’s subsidiary, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., was defective and has caused them adverse health effects and subsequent surgeries to remove the device. The jury reportedly... - Benicar Lawsuit Plaintiffs Attempt Motion for Summary Judgement
Dec-2-16 Camden, NJ: A Benicar side effects lawsuit involving the manufacturers of Benicar olmesartan, identified as Daiichi Sankyo (Daiichi) and Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Forest) may have ended on a motion of summary judgement put forward by the plaintiffs. However, a judge with the US District Court in New Jersey ruled that documents cited by the plaintiff... - GNC under Scrutiny Again Over Herbal Supplement Ingredients
Oct-24-15 Pittsburgh, PA: The herbal supplement industry can prove to be a double-edged sword for consumers attempting to take control of their own health by ingesting products which, in their view, contain more natural ingredients and fewer chemicals. Manufacturers also know that anything containing the word “herbal” can be a license to print money... - Health Canada Recalls All Lots of Pms- Phenobarbital 60 mg
Oversized Tablets Pose Risk for Overdose Health Canada is warning consumers that all lots of the prescription drug pms - Phenobarbital tablets in the 60 milligram (mg) format (DIN 00178810) are being recalled because some oversized tablets were recently found on the Canadian market. The oversized tablets were found to contain more Phenobarbital th... - Will Overlap of Old and New Heparin Be a Problem?
Oct-19-09 Washington, DC Heparin contamination will hopefully become a thing of the past thanks to a new protocol that will impact all heparin products, including heparin injection and that found in heparin syringes. The issue however will be whether or not the health care community is sufficiently informed of the change, given a change in the potency to the stan... - Celexa Linked to Birth Defects
Jul-28-11 Oakland, CA With the renewed importance for a quality university or college education as a prerequisite to make one's way in an increasingly globalized world, recent news about a small study linking the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressants during pregnancy to autism in newborns has been greeted with wary caution. Wariness b... - Hospitals, Medical Centers Caught Up in Endoscope Infection Turmoil
Nov-28-16 Washington, DC: While patients and doctors ask who is responsible for the endoscope infections that have reportedly led to multiple deaths in the past three years, officials have taken medical centers and medical device makers to task for putting the public health at risk. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning in 2015 about the ris... - More to IVC Filter Failure Than Meets the Eye
Nov-27-16 Seattle, WA: Several issues can be at play with regard to IVC filter failure, and the oft-resulting IVC filter lawsuit which claims, invariably, that IVC filters have failed due to alleged structural failure or device migration along the inferior vena cava. The inferior vena cava is the largest primary artery in the body, moving oxygen-depleted bloo... - Nation's First Nephronic Systemic Fibrosis Trial Set to Begin
Dec-8-09 San Francisco, CA The nation's first trial of a Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) case was assigned today for trial before the Honorable Curtis E. A. Karnow of the San Francisco Superior Court. NSF is debilitating and incurable condition caused by exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), which contain a toxic heavy metal and are someti... - Medtronic Cardiac Defibrillator Lawsuit - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis
On February 10, 2005, Medtronic Inc. issued an alert to doctors about its family of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) and CRT-D devices with batteries manufactured prior to December 2003. These pacemaker-like devices may experience rapid battery depletion due to a specific internal battery short mechanism. Once a short occurs, battery depletion... - Yet Another Xarelto Lawsuit Filed in Ohio
Oct-18-15 Columbus, OH Expectations that Xarelto, a blood thinner, would emerge to become a blockbuster drug were well-founded. In the four years since rivaroxoaban was approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011, Xarelto has achieved annual sales of over $1 billion in the United States alone, according to conservative estimates. The antico... - Nationwide Recall of Stamina-Rx Dietary Supplements Issued
Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Hi-Tech"), 6015-B Unity Dr., Norcross, GA 30071, announced today that it is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of the company's product sold under the name Stamina-Rx. On May 1, 2009, Hi-Tech was notified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that FDA's lab analysis of one lot of Stamina-Rx samples found that... - Sudden Death in Children Linked to ADHD Stimulant Drugs
According to results from study partially funded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there may be link between the use of stimulant drugs such as methylphenidate (Ritalin and others) to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sudden, unexplained death in children. The study, published June 15, 2009, in the American Journal of P... - No Trouble Communicating GranuFlo Lawsuit Claims, but Alkali Dosing Errors?
Feb-17-13 Waltham, MA Regardless of the apparent posturing by members of the Fresenius Medical Care (Fresenius) legal team with regards to many a GranuFlo lawsuit , it appears extraordinary that in the midst of the present information age that allows for news and data to be transmitted globally in mere nanoseconds, a company cannot (or allegedly chose not) to com... - Medtronic Kappa and Sigma Pacemakers Recalled
Defect Can Cause Device to Fail The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients to the Class I recall of certain Medtronic Kappa and Sigma pacemakers. These devices may fail due to a separation of wires that connect the electronic circuit to other pacemaker components, such as the battery. Patients with malfunctioning pacemakers may exp... - $325M Neurontin Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: A $325 million preliminary settlement has been reached by Pfizer Inc and Warner-Lambert Co. LLC and plaintiffs who filed a consumer fraud class action lawsuit over the marketing of the pharmaceutical companies' drug Neurontin (gabapentin). Brought by a class of third-party payers, the lawsuit alleges Pfizer and Warner-Lambert... - Men Describe the Pain of Propecia Side Effects
Feb-10-13 Chicago, IL Men who took Propecia and suffered from Propecia side effects say the consequences have had an effect on their emotional health, along with their physical health. In reaction to the changes in their libido and sexual health, they say they have developed depression. Propecia lawsuits have been filed against Merck, the maker of the hair loss... - British Government Set to Determine Asbestos Compensation
Nov-22-09 London, UK: The Independent (UK) recently reported that exposure to asbestos kills about 4,000 people every year, making it the biggest killer in the British workforce, surpassing the number of deaths from traffic accidents. On November 25, a meeting between MPs and government lawyers will determine if people suffering from pleural plaques, which is a... - Bravelle Infertility Class Action Lawsuit Going Forward on Negligence Claims
Nov-17-16 Chicago, IL: When the manufacturers of the Bravelle infertility drug temporarily recalled, and stopped selling the product a little more than a year ago over lack of potency, attorneys and legal professionals at the time predicted that plaintiffs would have a bit more of a challenging time bringing a Bravelle lawsuit given that there was no primary safety... - New Jersey Employment Lawsuits
Sep-24-09 Mount Holly, NJ New Jersey employment law is designed to protect New Jersey employees from unethical actions on the part of their employer. Companies or organizations that violate New Jersey employment regulations could find themselves on the unpleasant side of an employee lawsuit. One employee lawsuit was recently filed in New Jersey, alleging the plai...