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Digoxin and Digitek Recall Lawsuits
Digitek brand and generic Digoxin tablets have been recalled due to some pills to contain too much or too little of the active ingredient than is appropriate. This could result in digoxin toxicity, which is a serious and potentially life-threatening injury.
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Digitek Trial in Federal MDL Scheduled to Begin January 2011
A federal judge presiding over the consolidated Digitek litigation, which is centralized in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, has scheduled the first trial over the recalled heart drug to being in January 2011.
Federal and State Judges to Hold Joint Hearing in Digitek Recall Lawsuits
The judges presiding over hundreds of Digitek recall lawsuits in federal court and various states will hold a joint hearing next year to review the scientific evidence in the cases, which involve allegations that extra-strength pills caused users throughout the United States to suffer severe and sometimes fatal heart problems in 2008.
Generic Digoxin Recall Issued Due to Oversized Tablets
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories has issued a generic digoxin recall after discovering that some pills may have been distributed that contain more or less of the active drug than they should. A similar recall was issued last year due to oversized Digitek, a different brand of the generic heart drug digoxin, which has been linked to [...]
Digitek Recall Lawsuits to be Coordinated Between Federal and State Court
The Digitek recall lawsuits which are currently consolidated in an MDL before Judge Joseph Goodwin in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia will be coordinated with state court lawsuits pending in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Digitek Problems Linked to 667 Deaths
Following Actavis Totowa’s Digitek recall in April 2008, the FDA received a spike in adverse event reports involving the generic digoxin heart drug and it has been identified as the “primary suspect” in at least 667 deaths reported to the agency from April 1 through June 30, 2008.
Digitek Lawyers Appointed to Leadership Roles in Federal MDL
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin, who is handling the consolidated Digitek lawsuits in West Virginia, has issued a pretrial order appointing Co-Lead Attorneys and members of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the MDL, or Multidistrict Litigation. These lawyers will perform services that benefit all of the plaintiffs during pretrial phase of the litigation. [...]
Congress Requests Information from FDA about Digitek Recall
The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce has requested information from the FDA about a May 2008 Digitek recall issued by Actavis Totowa, as well as other regulatory issues involving the same generic drug maker in recent years.
Federal Digitek Lawsuits Consolidated in Southern District of West Virginia
The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered that all Digitek lawsuits filed as a result of allegedly defective and double strength digoxin tablets, be transferred to the Southern District of West Virginia for consolidation through pretrial litigation.
Following Digitek Recall, Class Action Suits have been filed
At least two class action suits have been filed on behalf of individuals who used the heart drug Digitek (digoxin). The suits come less than three weeks after all lots of Digitek were recalled on April 25th when it was discovered that some tablets sold over the past year could be twice as thick [...]
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