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Bayer Aims To Make Roundup Settlements With $10B

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Bayer is looking forward to a dialogue with the lawyers of plaintiffs who filed lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller for settling the tens of thousands of claims, which…

McKesson Board Reaches $175M Accord Over Opioids

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Investors sued McKesson Corp.'s board, claiming that the directors failed to maintain adequate internal systems for detecting suspicious opioids cargoes. They also reached…

J&J Sued By New Mexico Over Talcum Powder

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The state of New Mexico filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson(J&J) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, alleging that their talc-based products were laced with…

Strict Liability Claims Against Pelvic Mesh Manufacturer

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The U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania allowed strict liability claims to proceed against Coloplast Corp. in a pelvic…

More Lawsuits Filed Against 3M Earplugs

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More than 300 military veterans have filed lawsuits against 3M for deliberately manufacturing defective earplugs, which resulted in hearing loss during combat in Iraq…

First Trial Of Proton Pump Inhibitors To Begin In November

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The federal court has scheduled to begin the first "bellwether" trial from the thousand lawsuits of Nexium and other proton pump inhibitors (PPI) on November 15, 2021.

$8 Billion Risperdal Verdict Slashed to $6.8 Million

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On Friday, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Kenneth Powell drastically cut the $8 billion jury award passed October last to $ 6.8 million in punitive damages over Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ antipsychotic drug…

California Court Restores Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits

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In an opinion filed on November 6, a California Court of Appeal, 2nd District reinstated product liability cases against a group of drugmakers sued for providing an inadequate warning about the risk of developing pancreatic cancer…

FDA Approves New Potent Opioid 'Dsuvia'

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Amidst the opioid addiction crisis, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new opioid for use called Dsuvia. It has been approved for use in wounded…

Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Want $4.7 Billion Talc Verdict Intact

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Plaintiffs' lawyers involved in the talcum powder litigation strive to keep the $4.7 billion ovarian cancer verdict intact. The massive verdict was…

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