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High Profile Roundup Trial Postponed By Bayer
Bayer AG has agreed to the court's decision to postpone a high profile trial over its controversial weedkiller Roundup in Missouri as thousands of lawsuits are pending for…
Bayer Aims To Make Roundup Settlements With $10B
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
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
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
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
More than 300 military veterans have filed lawsuits against 3M for deliberately manufacturing defective earplugs, which resulted in hearing loss during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and also during training in the U.S. military bases…
First Trial Of Proton Pump Inhibitors To Begin In November
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
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
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'
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…