The first of nearly 10,000 lawsuits against DePuy Orthopaedics (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) is set to begin this week. However, the manufacturer’s litigation strategy may change as newly released internal company documents show that the company knew that failure rates in its ASR (Articular Surface Replacement) hip implant devices would be high. Very high. In fact, the metal-on-metal hip replacement maker determined that nearly 40% of all ASR patients would experience a failure within five years – but…
Internal Docs Show DePuy Knew ASR Hip Implant Failures Would Be High
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned St. Jude Medical to address safety issues concerning the company’s Durata heart device – an electrical lead wire that connects an implanted defibrillator to a patient’s heart. This implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) lead may fail by not sufficiently preventing insulation abrasions that can cause patients to experience debilitating shocks and even die. St. Jude Looking At Fines & Penalties According to a recent article in the New York Times, the FDA…
Driscoll of The Driscoll Firm, LLC, says the FDA’s proposal to require more stringent pre-market scrutiny of metal-on-metal hip implants won’t help those currently suffering health problems. St. Louis, MO (Vocus/PRWEB) February 1, 2013 – John J. Driscoll, a nationally recognized defective medical products attorney, said today that he endorses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to require metal-on-metal total hip replacement system manufacturers to submit premarket approval (PMA) applications for their products. “This would require artificial hip manufacturers…
New research shows that women who use Merck & Company’s NuvaRing contraceptive device and suffer from migraine headaches may have an even higher risk of suffering from a potentially deadly blood clot. More Bad News For NuvaRing Users NuvaRing, Merck & Company’s transparent plastic contraceptive device which is inserted in the vagina and releases hormones into the body to prevent pregnancy, has long been linked to serious side effects such as blood clots, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), heart…
Serious concerns about Pradaxa’s side effects are underscored by the FDA’s new warning that the blood thinner should not be used to prevent stroke or blood clots in patients with mechanical heart valves, says Driscoll of The Driscoll Firm, LLC St. Louis, MO (Vocus/PRWEB) January 31, 2013 – John J. Driscoll, a nationally recognized drug injury attorney, today urged patients to read the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent warning about the prescription blood thinner, Pradaxa. In a drug safety…
Proctor & Gamble’s Actonel, a class of bisphosphonates used to treat osteoporosis, has been linked to many serious side effects – including Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ) or jaw death. A recent Actonel jaw death victim has filed a $1.5 million product liability lawsuit against Proctor & Gamble for his injuries. Like so many other victims, he wants to know why the pharmaceutical giant failed to warn him of known dangers. Actonel ONJ Lawsuit According to a recent article published…
Bellwether trials in the NuvaRing MDL (multi-district litigation) have been postponed, again, until July 2013. Legal experts familiar Merck’s vaginal ring contraceptive serious side effects – which include blood clots, heart attacks, strokes and death – say that settlements might be on the horizon. Over 1,000 NuvaRing Injury Lawsuits Pending Over 1,000 NuvaRing injury lawsuits are pending in the MDL filed in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri under Judge Rodney W. Sippel. While the first trials in…
Federal District Court Judge Rodney Sippel has ordered Organon BioSciences USA, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., to release safety information on NuvaRing that manufacturers had tried to keep out of court. Only time will tell how that ruling – and what’s contained in these confidential documents – will affect the 1,000 NuvaRing injury lawsuits currently pending in multi-district litigation (MDL). What’s In These “Secret” NuvaRing Documents? Organon had filed several motions seeking to keep certain NuvaRing documents off-limits to…
The founder of The Driscoll Firm, LLC, says patients may have developed illness related to the diabetes drug prior to a June 2011 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety announcement and labeling change. St. Louis, MO (Vocus/PRWEB) January 25, 2013 – Nationally recognized drug injury lawyer John J. Driscoll said today that his firm is now reviewing potential injury claims arising from use of the Actos diabetes medication. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Actos (pioglitazone)…
The Chief Judge for both Yaz injury lawsuits and Pradaxa bleeding lawsuits says that litigation is moving forward despite more and more lawsuits being transferred into multi-district litigation (MDL). The Yaz MDL now has 10,484 cases and 12,650 plaintiffs; the Pradaxa MDL stands at 176 cases and has 192 plaintiffs. Very Busy Judge Discusses Yaz & Pradaxa Lawsuits Chief Judge David Herndon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is very busy these days. Herndon is…
