Injury Spotlight: Pradaxa Bleeding Dangers
Update: Pradaxa tied for first place as the drug most linked to adverse event reports filed with the FDA in 2011, showing that it is among the highest risk of all drug treatments, reported QuarterWatch, a non-profit drug monitoring organization. The FDA received reports of 3,781 serious, harmful events in 2011, as well as 542 deaths in the U.S. alone. Pradaxa surpassed all other drugs for negative reports involving hemorrhage, acute renal (kidney) failure and stroke. The growing crisis involving the blood thinner Pradaxa can be described in one word – scary…
Read MoreLitigation Explosion Looming Over Wright Hip Implant Failures
This is Michael Brady Lynch, lead trial attorney for The Michael Brady Lynch Firm. In my over 15 years of experience litigating medical device cases, I have seen any number of defectively designed hip implants. For months I have been watching with great interest the growing reports of complications and failures with the Wright Profemur
Read MorePfizer Requests MDL Consolidation of Zoloft Lawsuits
This is Michael Brady Lynch, lead trial attorney for The Michael Brady Lynch Firm. It looks like we will likely soon see a Zoloft MDL. It appears that Pfizer has had enough of the possibility of lawsuits springing up in various jurisdictions across the country alleging birth defects caused by the drug Zoloft. On January
Read MoreCrestor, Statins and the Risk of Diabetes and Cardiomyopathy
This is Michael Brady Lynch, lead trial attorney for The Michael Brady Lynch Firm. As my regular readers are aware, I am the founder and Chair of the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Crestor Litigation Group, a collection of pharmaceutical mass tort attorneys dedicated to advancing litigation involving the harmful effects of treatment with the
Read MorePropecia Lawsuit Filed In Los Angeles
This is Michael Brady Lynch, lead trial attorney for The Michael Brady Lynch Firm. As my regular readers are aware, I have been lecturing fellow attorneys on the association between Propecia and sexual dysfunction for well over two years. Now, cases are being filed in Los Angeles in California state court against Merck, the maker
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Lots of Movement on the Actos Bladder Cancer Litigation Front
Some very interesting developments in the Actos bladder cancer litigation have occurred over the last few days. This is Michael Brady Lynch, lead trial attorney for The Michael Brady Lynch Firm. Happy New Year to everyone! About the MDL First, the new Actos bladder cancer MDL has been formed. Christened MDL No. 2299, Actos bladder cancer
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