FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Request to Create Multidistrict Litigation on Cases Involving Pradaxa

  Jeff Weinstein | May 31, 2012 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX

  The Watts Law Firm in San Antonio has filed a Motion before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to create an MDL for all federal personal injury and wrongful death cases related...

• Pradaxa® Internal Bleeding, Hemorrhage or Death Claims

  Jeff Weinstein | May 30, 2012 10:14 PM | 5 CommentsAthens, TX

  Reports now exist of claims related to Pradaxa® that have resulted in Internal Bleeding, Hemorrhage, or Death. What is Pradaxa® and what is it prescribed for? Pradaxa® is...

• Nuvaring Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis Risks

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 30, 2012 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  According to medical experts, NuvaRing (etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol vaginal ring) users are prone to serious and life-threatening NuvaRing blood clots, known as venous thromboembolism, and...

• Nuvaring Pulmonary Embolism Can Be Deadly

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 15, 2012 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  According to a Danish report, some women using hormonal contraceptives other than birth control pills have an increased risk for serious blood clots. These alternate hormone-releasing...

• Bayer pays out $142 M in Yasmin Lawsuit Settlements

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 02, 2012 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  According to Bayer AG, the German pharmaceutical giant has shelled out $142 million so far, in settlements of U.S. lawsuits claiming that its Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella line of birth-control pills...

• FDA panel votes to eliminate Vicodin, Percocet

  Brandy Miller | April 30, 2012 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin...

• Actos Risk How It Affects The Nations.

  Brandy Miller | April 25, 2012 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  In accordance to the 2011 National Diabetes release on January 26, 2011, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States alone are diagnoses with diabetes. Type 2- diabetes is...

• Merck Reports 950 NuvaRing Lawsuits

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 14, 2012 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  According to Merck & Co., Inc. form 10-K annual report for the fiscal year 2011, published on February 28th, approximately 950 NuvaRing lawsuits were pending as of Dec. 31st 2011. Beginning...

• Bayer Pays $110 Million to Settle Some Yaz Birth-Control Cases

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 13, 2012 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  According to a report in Bloomberg News, Bayer AG will pay at least $110 million to settle about 500 lawsuits over claims that its Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella lines of birth-control pills caused blood...

• Pradaxa Overdose and Hemorrhages Report

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 07, 2012 12:00 PM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX

  The blood thinner Pradaxa, (subject of 6 wrongful death US lawsuits), according to a new FDA report, may have been responsible for another 117 deaths during the second quarter of...