Category Archives: Ortho Evra
Pradaxa Associated with more Complications than Warfarin, According to Early Study Findings
Early results from the largest study to date to compare Pradaxa and warfarin indicate that in a real-world setting, Pradaxa causes more complications than decades-old warfarin. The preliminary study results were announced last week, during the 2012 Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America.
Federal DePuy ASR Hip Implant Trials Likely to Start This Year
It looks as though the first trials in the DePuy ASR hip implant multidistrict litigation could begin sometime later this year. According to a report from Bloomberg News, during a status conference held yesterday in Florida, attorneys for both plaintiffs and the defense told U.S. District Judge David Katz that ...
First DePuy ASR Hip Implant Lawsuits Head to Trial in December, January
The first trials involving lawsuits filed against DePuy Orthopaedics by recipients of its recalled ASR Hip Implants will begin later this year, and early next year. The first is slated to start on December 3, 2012 in state court in Las Vegas, Nevada. A second DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuit ...
Fracking Boom Changing Way of Life in Pennsylvania's Northern Tier
In just a few years, the impact of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) drilling on northeastern Pennsylvania is hard to miss. Thousands of natural gas wells have been opened in that area specifically in the last five years as companies look to exploit the vast Marcellus shale formation about two miles below the ...
Medtronic Infuse Lawsuit Alleges Off-Label Use Cause Painful Complications
A man in Louisiana has filed suit against Medtronic Inc. over injuries allegedly cause by off-label use of its Infuse Bone Graft product. The plaintiff, who received Infuse during transforaminal spinal lumbar fusion surgery, claims that the bone growth protein caused unwanted bone growth along his spine, worsening the back ...
National Law Firms Calls for More FDA Action on Actos Bladder Cancer Threat
A national law firm is not satisfied with the way the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has handled warnings regarding Actos (pioglitazone) bladder cancer risks. In a statement published today, Parker Waichman LLP called on the FDA to compel Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the type 2 diabetes drug, ...
Lawsuits over DePuy ASR Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Continue to Mount
DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent, Johnson & Johnson, continue to be hit with lawsuits over recalled metal-on-metal DePuy ASR hip implants. Just yesterday, the national law firm of Parker Waichman LLP announced it had filed yet another DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuit, this time on behalf of a Virginia resident ...
Research Suggest Fracking Chemicals Can Pollute Aquifers
A new study suggests fluids used during the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process could migrate through underground fractures and contaminate water aquifers.
Canadian Warning Issued for Actos Bladder Cancer Side Effect Risk
Health Canada has become the most recent national drug regulator to issue a warning about Actos and bladder cancer. Last month, the agency warned that interim results from a 10-year-study indicated that patients taking Actos for more than a year faced an increased risk of bladder cancer. Health Canada also ...
NuvaRing, Ortho Evra Pose Great Blood Clot Risk than Birth Control Pills
Using devices like NuvaRing or the Ortho Evra patch as a form of contraception presents a greater risk of serious injuries to women, namely blood clots, according to the results of a new study. BBC reports, a new study in … Continue reading
Ortho Evra Risks May Have Been Concealed by Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is facing more heat over its < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra birth control patch. According to an NBC News report, internal documents indicate that the drug maker may have known about Ortho Evra’s blood clot risks years before they … Continue reading
Mom Says Ortho Evra Killed Her Daughter
The < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra birth control patch is being blamed for the death of a young Boston woman. According to a report in the Boston Globe, 17-year-old Adrianna Niedner died on September 28 of a pulmonary emboli. Now her mother … Continue reading
New Info For Ortho Evra Label in Canada
Canadian health regulators have announced a label update for the < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra birth control patch. Ortho Evra – sold as Evra in Canada – has been linked to dangerous blood clots. According to Health Canada, the new Canadian label … Continue reading
New Ortho Evra Lawsuit Filed in Texas
A Texas woman is the latest person to file suit over injuries she sustained while using the < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra birth control patch. Karenetha Easterwood says she suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism just 5 months after she began using Ortho … Continue reading
Ortho Evra Needs to Go, Public Citizen Says
A prominent consumer advocacy group says Ortho Evra, Johnson & Johnson’s controversial birth control patch, is too dangerous to be on the market. Public Citizen is asking federal regulators to ban < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra because it poses a higher risk … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson Looking to Ban Ortho Evra Lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson, the maker of the < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra birth control patch, is looking to the courts to protect it from lawsuits stemming from the defective device. Johnson & Johnson is asserting that Ortho Evra lawsuits should not be … Continue reading
Another Blood Clot Warning for Ortho Evra
< "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra, Johnson & Johnson’s defective contraceptive patch will now include yet another new warning on blood clots. Information received from a second study that revealed a higher risk of blood clots compared with birth-control pills will be included … Continue reading
FDA Turns Blind Eye to Ortho Evra, the ‘Most Dangerous Contraceptive on the Market’
The < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch is still being called a “safe and effective†contraceptive by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), even though two separate studies have now shown that Ortho Evra users are at a higher risk … Continue reading
Ortho Evra Gets Second Safety Warning as Concerns over Blood Clots Mount
A second < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Ortho_Evra_Patch">Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch study has found that the contraceptive puts users at a higher risk of blood clots than estrogen-containing birth control pills, prompting the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to announce another round of … Continue reading
