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Ortho Evra Lawsuits
Use of the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch has been associated with an increased risk of serious and potentially fatal blood clots. Lawsuits are being pursued by women throughout the United States who suffered a heart attack, stroke, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism or sudden death as a result of Ortho Evra.
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Nursing Home Antipsychotic Misuse Cited in 2,500 Massachusetts Cases
About 2,500 Massachusetts nursing home residents are being given powerful and sometimes dangerous antipsychotic medications like Seroquel and Risperdal that they do not need, according to federal investigators.
DePuy ASR Metal Hip Replacement Linked to High Failure Rate
DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has indicated that its ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement system, has been linked to a high failure rate and the device will be removed from the market.
DOJ Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson Over Kickbacks for Nursing Home Prescriptions
Federal prosecutors have intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, accusing the company of paying kickbacks to Omnicare, a nursing home pharmacy supplier, to push its antipsychotic drug Risperdal onto elderly patients.
Recall for Tylenol, Motrin and Other Drugs Issued Due to Moldy Smell
Johnson & Johnson has expanded a Tylenol recall issued last month, to include Motrin, Rolaids, Benadryl and a number of children’s products because of a moldy smell caused by chemical contamination, which has sickened dozens of people.
New Pedicle Screw Spinal Implants Need Further Safety Studies: FDA
The FDA has ordered the manufacturers of new, flexible pedicle screw spinal fusion implants, known as dynamic stabilization systems, to conduct more research on potential problems with the devices, including the whether they provide enough stability to allow for complete spinal fusion and the frequency of additional surgery for patients who receive the pedicle screws. [...]
Evra Birth Control Patch Class Action Lawsuit Settled in Canada
A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit involving the Canadian version of the Ortho Evra birth control patch, resolving claims brought by women in Canada who allege that they were not properly warned about the risk of blood clots, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, heart attacks and strokes. [...]
First Levaquin Tendon Tear Lawsuit Scheduled For Trial August 2010
U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim, who is overseeing all federal lawsuits alleging tendon ruptures from Levaquin, has issued a pretrial order which identifies 15 cases that will begin case-specific discovery and sets out a discovery schedule where the first trial should begin on or about August 2, 2010.
Duragesic Pain Patch Lawsuit Results in $16.5 Million Verdict
The family of a 38-year old mother of three, who died in 2004 as a result of a fentanyl overdose, has been awarded $16.56 million by a Chicago jury in the fourth wrongful death verdict against two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries involving the Duragesic fentanyl patch.
Mylicon Recall: Infants’ Gas Relief Drops Could Contain Metal Fragments
Approximately 12,000 plastic 1 ounce bottles of Infants’ Mylicon Gas Relief Dye-Free Drops (simethicone-antigas) sold since October 5, 2008 have been recalled after it was discovered that some of the bottles could contain metal fragments.
Fentanyl Pain Patch Wrongful Death Lawsuit Results in $13.3 Million Verdict
A Florida jury has returned a verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit that calls for Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries to pay $13.3 million to the family of a woman killed by their Duragesic fentanyl pain patch.
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