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• Hair Loss Lawsuits Over Taxotere Chemotherapy Treatments Continue to Mount

  September 8, 2016

  Austin Kirk

  Taxotere litigation is growing rapidly as more women file claims that the chemotherapy drug causes permanent hair loss.

• Centralization of Taxotere Hair Loss Cases Supported by Maker of Cancer Drug

  August 22, 2016

  Austin Kirk

  The makers of Taxotere say they support the creation of a multidistrict litigation, which will be the subject of oral arguments scheduled for late September.

• Taxotere Lawsuit Claims Breast Cancer Survivor Suffered Permanent Hair Loss

  August 10, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A Taxotere lawsuit filed by a Minnesota woman claims that she survived breast cancer only to suffer permanent hair loss due to the side effects of the chemotherapy drug.

• Motion Seeks MDL for Taxotere Lawsuits Over Hair Loss Problems

  July 28, 2016

  Austin Kirk

  Some plaintiffs have called for the creation of a Taxotere MDL, in which all of the Taxotere hair loss claims filed at the federal level would be consolidated before one judge for pretrial proceedings.

• Link Between Side Effects of Plavix and Hepatitis Described in Case Study

  July 26, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A new case study warns that Plavix side effects can cause severe cases of hepatitis that may be life threatening.

• Taxotere Permanent Hair Loss Risk Withheld by Drug Maker, Lawsuit Alleges

  July 15, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Taxotere side effects caused a woman to suffer permanent hair loss according to claims in a recently filed lawsuit.

• Permanent Alopecia Lawsuit Filed Against Makers of Taxotere

  July 7, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A Taxotere lawsuit filed by an Illinois woman accuses the manufacturer of not warning women that the breast cancer drug could cause permanent or long-term hair loss.

• Taxotere Breast Cancer Drug Lawsuit Filed Over Permanent Hair Loss

  June 23, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed by a Louisiana woman alleges that the makers of the breast cancer drug Taxotere failed to warn about the risk of permanent hair loss, and promoted use of their new drug even though equally effective alternative treatments were available that did not carry the same risk.

• Taxotere Risk of Permanent Hair Loss Withheld from Women and Doctors, Lawsuit Alleges

  June 8, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Another Taxotere lawsuit has been filed by a woman who says the company withheld information that its chemotherapy drug could cause permanent hair loss.

• Lawsuits over Taxotere and Hair Loss Filed by Breast Cancer Survivors Over Failure to Warn

  May 23, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A growing number of women are pursuing Taxotere lawsuits, alleging that Sanofi-Aventis pushed doctors to use their chemotherapy drug over other breast cancer treatments, which were not associated with the same risk of permanent hair loss.