http://www.druginjuryblog.com Brought to you by Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:32:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two women are the latest to file a lawsuit against Bayer AG over claims it made about its popular birth control Yaz. Yaz (Yasmin, Ocella) has been linked to numerous adverse side effects and in the lawsuit, filed in Ontario, Canada, the women claim it carries a four-times-greater risk of deep ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/11/canadian-women-file-lawsuit-over-bayer-side-effects-advertising/ The FDA says it will be conducting a safety review of certain bone-building drugs like Fosamax and Boniva to see if they increase the risk of femur fractures. The review involves a class of drugs known as bisphosphonates, which are commonly prescribed to treat osteoporosis and are designed to build bone ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/11/fda-to-review-osteoporosis-drugs/ The public watchdog group Public Citizen has urged the Food and Drug Administration to ban three prescription drugs: Avandia, Sibutramine and Propoxyphene. We've reported extensively on this blog about the dangers of each drug. Numerous reports on Avandia and calls for its removal from the U.S. market have been made in ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/10/public-citizen-urges-fda-to-ban-avandia-one-more-time/ The Supreme Court says it will decide whether federal law protects vaccine manufacturers from lawsuits seeking damages for alleged design defects. At issue was the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, which several state Supreme Courts are debating. There are about 5,000 claims pending under the process set out under federal ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/10/supreme-court-to-decide-on-lawsuits-against-vaccine-makers/ The number of lawsuits alleging GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant drug Paxil led to infant birth defects is expected to risk after the results of the first case. According to a Public Record (Houston, Tex.) report, jurors awarded $2.5 million to the family of a child born with three congenital heart defects. At least ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/09/paxil-birth-defects-claims-expected-to-rise-after-plaintiff-victory-in-texas/ Regular use of aspirin, acetaminophen and other analgesics appears to substantially increase the risk of hearing loss, especially in men younger than 50. Researchers reported in the American Journal of Medicine that use of acetaminophen more than twice a week by men doubles the risk of hearing loss. Ibuprofen and related non-steroidal ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/09/painkillers-increase-hearing-loss-risk-in-men/ A potential $1 billion to $6 billion Avandia liability has become highlighted after more than 13,000 U.S. lawsuits were filed against GlaxoSmithKline. Worries about the diabetes drug have also surfaced, following a highly critical report from U.S. lawmakers last month. Glaxo has already underperformed by some $2.5 billion since the U.S. senators' ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/09/avandia-risks-increase-additional-critiques-stock-slips/ Merck & Co has made its final, $4.1 billion payment into a fund to settle tens of thousands of claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or strokes. The final payouts to those patients or their survivors, from the $4.85 billion settlement fund, should be made by the end of ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/02/merck-makes-final-vioxx-settlement-payment/ The American Dental Association has issued a statement on the use of zinc in denture adhesives. In the report, the group discusses the possible association between excessive use of zinc-containing denture creams and neurological and hematological problems. The incidence of zinc-related issues is seen by the ADA as related to the excessive ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/02/ada-releases-statement-on-denture-adhesives/ Santa Clara County in California has filed a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, claiming its diabetes drug Avandia is responsible for up to 200,000 heart attacks, strokes and other major health events. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of all patients and health care providers in California that were duped by GSK's false ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2010/03/02/california-county-sues-gsk-over-avandia-deaths-injuries/