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Women say transvaginal mesh left them in worse shape than before surgery
Posted: February 10, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Lynn Waits experienced severe pain and bleeding immediately after surgery in 2008 where she was implanted with transvaginal mesh to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic collapse caused by childbirth. The incision doctors made next to her vagina never fully healed

50-plus lawsuits filed against New England pharmacy at center of fungal meningitis outbreak
Posted: December 16, 2012 Pharmaceutical

At least 50 federal lawsuits in nine states have been filed against the compounding pharmacy responsible for mixing and distributing contaminated steroid shots that infected nearly 600 people and killed 37 with various fungal infections including meningitis.

Actos bladder cancer lawsuits consolidated in Louisiana
Posted: January 31, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Lawsuits against drug company Takeda claiming its type 2 diabetes drug Actos causes bladder cancer have been consolidated before one judge in federal court in Louisiana. The Federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation sent the lawsuits to the Western District

Decision to consolidate Darvon, Darvocet lawsuits postponed
Posted: May 26, 2011 Pharmaceutical

A panel of federal judges has decided to hold off on a decision about whether to consolidate all federal Darvon and Darvocet lawsuits as part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL) until further arguments are heard at a hearing in July.