Members of British Parliament are seeking a criminal investigation into why DePuy did not warn thousands of British citizens about the very real possibility of developing metallosis. The news comes at a very bad time for the medical device manufacturer which recently began defending the first of 10,000 ASR hip failure lawsuits in the United States. UK Surgeon’s Warnings To DePuy Fell On Deaf Ears According to news reports in the United Kingdom’s Telegraph, Dr. David Beverland, an orthopedic surgeon…
Britain Says ASR Hip Failures May Result In Criminal Charges Against DePuy
NuvaRing, Merck & Company’s contraceptive vaginal device has been linked to over 5,400 adverse reporting events – many of which were life threatening and required hospitalization. According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 30% of NuvaRing injuries resulted in women being hospitalized – some for prolonged periods. 1,630 Women Hospitalized For NuvaRing Injuries According to FDA statistics, the Administration received 5,440 serious adverse reports between November 1997 and August 2012. Of that number, 30% of women had to be…
Lawsuits filed against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals over its controversial IUD (intrauterine device), Mirena, have commonly alleged perforation and inflammation of the uterus. However, the latest lawsuit alleges that a woman’s Mirena device migrated completely outside of her uterus – resulting in the need for surgical removal and causing permanent injuries. Mirena Surgical Removal Caused Permanent Damage The latest Mirena IUD injury lawsuit was filed in January 2013 in the Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division, Morris County, by an…
First NuvaRing Injury Trial Set For May 2013 The date has been set for the first NuvaRing injury lawsuit trial in New Jersey state court against Merck & Co. and its subsidiaries, Organon BioSciences and Schering-Plough. May 6th is the date – and thousands of NuvaRing injury victims with similar lawsuits pending in state and federal courts will be watching closely. That’s a question thousands of women who have filed NuvaRing injury lawsuits would like answered. For now, plaintiff Erika…
A Florida woman whose ob-gyn prescribed Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical’s fourth-generation birth control medication, Yaz, is suing the manufacturer after suffering from a stroke, having her gallbladder removed and more. She joins thousands of other women just like her who say that these types of injuries were unnecessary and could have been avoided – if the company had only warned them. Yaz Injury Victim May Need Long-Term Care Florida resident Latonia Jones’ lawsuit against Bayer alleges that she suffered permanent injuries…
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has received nearly 5,500 reports of adverse events / side effects regarding Merck & Co.’s NuvaRing – a vaginal ring that releases low doses of estrogen and progestin over a three-week period to prevent pregnancy. While NuvaRing side effects vary, the FDA reports that three side effects comprise about half of all those reported. Most Common NuvaRing Side Effects The FDA has received nearly 5,500 reports of NuvaRing side effects from 1997 to…
An expert witness in the first DePuy ASR hip replacement lawsuit to go to trial (In re: Loren Kransky and Sheryl Kransky v. DePuy, Inc., et al., BC456086, Los Angeles Superior Court) recently testified that Johnson & Johnson knew that ASR XL hip replacements had failed internal tests, but kept that information to itself. It’s not a good start for J&J and DePuy as 10,000 more DePuy hip replacement plaintiffs wait in the wings. DePuy Could Have Changed ASR Design,…
The Driscoll Firm, LLC, is representing seven plaintiffs who claim they suffered injury and damages due to migration of the Mirena intrauterine system. St. Louis, MO (Vocus/PRWEB) February 7, 2013 – John J. Driscoll, a nationally recognized defective medical device attorney, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven plaintiffs who allege they were injured by use of the Mirena Intrauterine System (IUS), a product of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Five women and two men are named plaintiffs in the…
Over 1,000 NuvaRing injury lawsuits have been filed against Merck & Company and its subsidiary Organon Pharmaceuticals – and many more are expected to be filed in the near future. If you’ve suffered a NuvaRing injury such as a blood clot, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), heart attack or stroke, it’s important speak with an attorney and find out how long you have to file a claim. NuvaRing Statute Of Limitations Every state has its own statute of limitations…
Women injured due to Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical’s Mirena IUD (intrauterine device) recently petitioned the U.S. Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate their lawsuits against the pharmaceutical giant in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, for pretrial proceedings. More Mirena IUD Injury Lawsuits Being Filed More and more Mirena IUD injury lawsuits are being filed across the nation over Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical’s Mirena – a small T-shaped contraceptive device that is inserted into the uterus and releases levonorgestrel,…
