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Textured Breast Implants Associated With Cancer Recurrence

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Last week, a report was published in the medical journal JAMA Surgery, where South Korean researchers suggested an association between the use of textured breast…

Bayer's Appeal Over First Roundup Verdict Rejected

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Last week, Bayer's arguments to review the first Roundup-cancer verdict maintaining that the plaintiff who filed the lawsuit failed to establish the company's liability for his non-…

3M Plaintiffs Undergo Medical Exams And Hearing Tests

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Medical examinations and hearing tests of the plaintiffs involved in the 3M earplugs lawsuits started last week as per the protocol set by U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, overseeing the litigation in the Northern District of Florida.

The…

JUUL Litigation: RICO Claims Dismissed; Lawsuits Proceed

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Last Friday, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III, overseeing the growing JUUL litigation, issued a court order ruling to dismiss the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act (RICO)…

NY Opioid Crisis: Court Signals Trial To Begin In Early 2021

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On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a press release indicating that the Suffolk County State Supreme Court ordered to begin the jury selection in January 2021 over the state's…

ParaGard Makers Urge JPML To Reject Consolidation Request

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Last week, Teva Pharmaceuticals and The Cooper Companies, Inc. filed a motion asking the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to reject the consolidation of all ParaGard IUD lawsuits, requested by plaintiffs last month, claiming…

EMA Re-examines Zantac; Confirms Suspension In The EU

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On September 18, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a press release confirming its prior recommendations dated April 3, 2020, to suspend ranitidine throughout the European Union due to the presence of low levels of an impurity called N-…

Sientra Faces Lymphoma Lawsuit Over Textured Breast Implants

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Sientra is facing allegations similar to Allergan over its silicone implants by a Tennessee woman who claims that the textured breast implants made in…

J&J's First $100M Settlement Over Talcum Powder Lawsuits

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Johnson & Johnson (J&J), the pharmaceutical giant, has agreed to pay over $100 million to resolve about 1,000 lawsuits that allege its Baby Powder and other talcum powder

Federal Judge Clears Boehringer Over Pradaxa Death Lawsuit

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Last week, Judge William Ray II of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an order concluding that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been awarded summary judgment over a…

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