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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.
Digitek Lawsuits Selected for First Trials in Federal MDL
Five Digitek overdose lawsuits have been selected to serve as “bellwether” cases that will lead the way for hundreds of cases filed against Actavis Totowa and distributors of their generic heart drug over deaths and other injuries allegedly caused by oversized pills that were recalled in April 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 [...]
