OTC Hearing Aids Just as Effective as Prescription Devices for Most: Study
The findings come after the FDA approved the sale of hearing aids over-the-counter late last year.
The findings come after the FDA approved the sale of hearing aids over-the-counter late last year.
Recent appeals court rejection of Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder lawsuit bankruptcy plan led to rejection of similar filing by Aearo Technologies, finding bankruptcy is not needed to address 3M earplug lawsuits.
The U.S. JPML rejected Horizon's arguments that the litigation would not beneft from Tepezza lawsuits over hearing loss being consolidated before one judge
The presiding judge has ordered 31 cases from 17 different federal court districts prepared for trial, with five 3M earplug lawsuits from Florida scheduled to be remanded first.
Neither the plaintiff nor her doctors were warned that Tepezza could cause irreversible hearing loss, lawsuit claims
Court hopes inclusion of 3M CEO Mike Roman in Combat Arms earplug settlement talks will help bring about a global resolution to the hearing loss litigation.
Acquiring Tepezza and Krystexxa would give Amgen a monopoly on those treatments, which it could then use to smother competition, the FTC warns
Lawsuits continue to be filed against Horizon Therapeutics over their failure to warn patients and doctors about the long term hearing loss side effects from Tepezza.
Plaintiffs say identical facts, injuries and legal arguments make the Tepezza infusion lawsuits ripe for consolidation as part of a multidistrict litigation.
The District Judge overseeing the litigation warns that the complexity of the case and the lack of certainty in the outcomes should inspire both 3M and hearing loss plaintiffs to try to reach a settlement agreement.