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J&J And DePuy To Settle Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuits

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Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit are about to resolve a large number of lawsuits targeted at their metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants.

Plaintiff lawyer Mark Lanier told that the consumers and the…

GSK Fails To Escape Zofran Birth Defect Lawsuits

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U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor denied GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s request to dismiss hundreds of birth defect lawsuits filed by women, who used Zofran as an anti-…

$260M Tentative Deal To End Opioid Crisis

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On Monday, two Ohio counties and four drug companies reached a tentative settlement of roughly $260 million at the eleventh hour to avoid an opioid trial.

The deal…

Valsartan Lawsuit Filed Over Colorectal Cancer Risk

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In a lawsuit filed on January 30, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, a plaintiff claimed that taking generic valsartan

Plaintiffs Seek Prolene Mesh Consolidation In New Jersey

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The plaintiffs involved in lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson over problems with the Ethicon Prolene Hernia System (PHS) have filed a request in New Jersey…

Delaware AG Allowed To Proceed With Opioid Lawsuit

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In an opinion issued on February 4, 2019, Superior Judge Mary M. Johnston gave a green signal to Delaware Attorney General to pursue claims against drug manufacturers who downplayed the addictive nature of…

A Significant Rise In Roundup Lawsuit Expected: Bayer

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The German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer is expecting that there will be a surge in Roundup lawsuits.

Bayer indicated that the size of…

Zimmer Granted Summary Judgment In A Knee Replacement Case

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In an order issued on February 4, Judge Arthur D. Spatt of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted summary judgment to

Jury Awards $3M in The Third Cook IVC Filter Bellwether

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An Indiana federal jury awarded $3 million in the third bellwether case involving Cook Medical's Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter injuries, finding that the…

Following FDA Alert, J&J Issues First Time Recall of Baby Powder

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On October 18, Johnson & Johnson, the U.S. healthcare conglomerate facing thousands of lawsuits over its talc-containing products, announced a voluntary recall of a single batch of its baby powder after receiving an alert from the…

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