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• Future of Suboxone Lawsuits Taken Under Advisement After Motion To Dismiss Arguments

  December 17, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Judge overseeing all Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits brought in the federal court system heard oral arguments this week, and is considering whether the claims should be preempted by federal law.

• Suboxone Film Lawsuit Highlights How Dental Decay Problems Continue To Be Reported Even After Label Change

  December 10, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Updated warnings issued in June 2022 failed to adequately convey Suboxone’s risks of tooth decay, which has resulted in continuing reports of dental problems among users of the film strips, lawsuit indicates.

• Oral Arguments Over Motion To Dismiss Suboxone Tooth Decay Lawsuits Set for December 16

  December 4, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Indivior claims that federal law prevented it from updating the Suboxone tooth decay warnings before June 2022, indicating that all failure to warn lawsuits brought by former users should be dismissed.

• Judge Outlines Suboxone Tooth Decay Lawsuit Census Requirements

  November 6, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  To help the parties identify Suboxone lawsuits that can be used as representative samples in early bellwether trials, the federal judge presiding over the litigation has directed the parties to conduct a census of all tooth decay claims.

• Data on Suboxone Tooth Decay Problems, Other Adverse Events to be Turned Over by Indivior Early in MDL Discovery

  October 15, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties involved in Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits are preparing to conduct a census and examine adverse event report data, which will help determine which claims are representative of the litigation as a whole, to guide the selection of potential bellwether trials.

• AGGA Lawsuit Alleges “Unreasonably Dangerous” Appliance Caused Permanent Dental Side Effects

  October 8, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Dental side effects from AGGA device were predictable, but the designers downplayed those risks to consumers and dentists, according to a recently filed product liability lawsuit.

• Multi-Day Suboxone Lawsuit Status Conference Being Held To Review Census Protocol and Procedures

  October 4, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawyers will be meeting with the MDL judge presiding over all Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits on October 4 and 5, 2024, to finalize information needed to select a group of representative cases for bellwether discovery and trial.

• Lawyers To Provide Information About Suboxone Dental Injury Records, Product Identification in Their Possession

  September 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Judge presiding over all Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits expects lawyers to report next week on the status of their investigations into thousands of claims filed on a bundled complaint in June 2024.

• Representative Sample of Suboxone Injury Cases To Be Identified Through Bellwether Process in MDL

  September 3, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawyers involved in Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits will meet with the a federal judge this week, and discuss plans to select a representative group of injury claims that will go through case-specific discovery in preparation for a series of early test trials.

• Suboxone Film Tooth Decay Problems Could Have Been Avoided With Safer Alternative Design, Plaintiffs Argue

  August 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs are pushing back against a recent motion to dismiss lawsuits over Suboxone film tooth decay problems, pointing to numerous reports of issues submitted in medical journals and to the FDA long before the agency required the company to update the safety warnings on the label.