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Abbott to pay $1.5 billion for illegally promoting Depakote, thanks to whistleblower lawsuits
Posted: May 10, 2012 Consumer Fraud

Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve criminal and civil charges for fraudulently promoting its anti-seizure drug Depakote for a number of unapproved, off-label purposes. The near-record payout, the second largest by a drug

Former Actos patient sues Takeda over bladder cancer injuries
Posted: May 10, 2012 Pharmaceutical

A West Virginia man is the latest person to file a lawsuit against Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company over injuries he alleges were caused by taking the diabetes drug Actos for years.

Transvaginal mesh implants lead to severe pain and financial hardship for some
Posted: May 8, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Many women who have transvaginal mesh implanted in them to correct problems associated with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or incontinence experience no adverse effects from the surgery. But a year after the surgery, as many as one in six women

pain from transvaginal mesh injuries can be inescapable, life altering
Posted: May 7, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Canada’s CTV News says that several women have come forward to share their experiences after the station reported on the class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Canadian women who have experienced painful, sometimes devastating complications from their transvaginal mesh

Kids with type 2 diabetes have limited treatment options
Posted: May 5, 2012 Pharmaceutical

The rising number of kids being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has created new challenges on how to manage the “adult-onset” disease in young people, according to concerns raised at a recent meeting of pediatricians in Boston.

Hundreds of Australians join artificial hip class action lawsuit
Posted: May 5, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Hundreds of Australians have joined a class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson after receiving artificial hips deemed to be defective. The claim is estimated to be worth about $200 million.

Some DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuits heading to trial this year
Posted: May 4, 2012 Pharmaceutical

The first lawsuits filed against health care giant Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics by plaintiffs alleging injuries caused by DePuy’s metal-on-metal ASR hip devices will go to court this year.

Why correcting incontinence with transvaginal mesh may be a bad idea
Posted: April 26, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Transvaginal mesh is often used in women suffering from stress urinary incontinence (SUI), a condition in which the muscles that help control urination weaken, allowing urine to pass involuntarily, sometimes with just the slightest of triggers, such as sneezing, coughing,

Pinnacle hip implant recipient in Northern Ireland sues DePuy
Posted: April 25, 2012 Pharmaceutical

A man from Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland who was implanted with a Pinnacle hip system made by DePuy Orthopaedics is the first person from that country to sue the manufacturer and its parent company Johnson & Johnson over injuries he

Permanent injuries linked to vaginal mesh create life of pain and disability for some
Posted: April 23, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Suffering from a persistent case of urinary incontinence, Carol Kouyoumjian believed surgery would help her. The former nurse underwent an operation about six years ago in which surgeons inserted transvaginal mesh around her bladder in an effort to reposition it