Pharmaceutical Articles

Beasley Allen has one of the largest and most technologically advanced Mass Torts practices in the country. The Mass Torts division represents numerous people in claims against companies that manufacture and/or market defective pharmaceuticals and/or medical devices. The resources devoted to this division allow the firm to competently and conscientiously handle any group of cases, no matter how large, along with particular catastrophic injury cases.

Our firm was recently involved in one of the greatest victories in Mass Torts history, against drug manufacturer Merck regarding the drug Vioxx. After more than five years of hard-fought and difficult litigation, Merck agreed to pay $4.85 billion, the largest pharmaceutical settlement in U.S. history, to resolve certain Vioxx-related claims involving plaintiffs who suffered a heart attack, including sudden cardiac death, or a stroke.

Labor-inducing drug can reduce pain with IUD insertion
Posted: June 19, 2013

Vaginal administration of a misoprostol tablet four hours before IUD insertion reduces the difficulty and pain associated with IUD insertion in women who have never been pregnant, according to a new study.

FDA investigates possible link between two deaths and schizophrenia drug
Posted: June 18, 2013

Two unexplained deaths in patients three to four days after receiving appropriate intramuscular injections of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa Relprevv (olanzapine) are under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Zyprexa Relprevv is designed to release slowly into the

Pediatric deaths lead to new black box warning on codeine
Posted: June 18, 2013

Drugs containing codeine now have a black box warning notifying doctors and consumers that the medication may cause breathing difficulties and deaths in children who are given codeine to relieve pain following surgery to have their tonsils or adenoids removed.

Mirena IUD side effect lawsuits expected to grow into hundreds
Posted: June 18, 2013

Sarah says her experience with Mirena IUD for birth control was so horrendous that she would never recommend the device to anyone. The mother of three says she felt pain the minute the intrauterine device was inserted. The pain got

Dialysis clinic closes following two infection-related deaths
Posted: June 17, 2013

Bessemer Kidney Center, one of about a dozen dialysis clinics owned by Fresenius Medical Care North America, recently was shut down after a report by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) noting multiple infection-control deficiencies and citing two infection-related

Woman recounts nightmare experience with Mirena IUD
Posted: June 17, 2013

It was difficult to see the “cons” with the Mirena IUD, writes Bianca Wordley in The Border Mail. “The small t-shaped IUD works when the hormone levonorgestrel is released, making the mucus in the cervix thicker so that sperm can’t

Cook Medical vaginal mesh products may be added to multidistrict litigation
Posted: June 16, 2013

Claims against Cook Medical, Inc. and its vaginal mesh products may soon join lawsuits consolidated in the Southern District of West Virginia. The cases currently involve transvaginal mesh devices made by American Medical Systems, Boston Scientific, Coloplast, Ethicon (Johnson &

Judge recuses himself from Actos bladder cancer lawsuit
Posted: June 16, 2013

A judge assigned to hear an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit has recused himself from the case, citing a conflict with one of the pharmacies listed as a defendant in the case.

Judge upholds $8.3-million verdict against DePuy in first ASR hip implant trial
Posted: June 15, 2013

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has upheld an $8.3-million verdict in favor of plaintiff Loren “Bill” Kransky, the first plaintiff to have his case tried against DePuy Orthopedics over its faulty ASR hip implants.

Oversized warfarin tablets lead to product recall
Posted: June 14, 2013

One lot of the popular blood thinner warfarin is being recalled because 2 mg tablets were oversized, which could indicate the medication contains more of the active ingredient than is listed on the drug’s label. An unintended overdose of warfarin