Roche Pulls Accutane Off Market After Jury Verdicts
Roche Holding AG, the world's biggest maker of cancer drugs, is pulling its Accutane acne medicine from the U.S. market after juries awarded at least $33 million in damages to users who blamed the drug for bowel disease. More...
New Jersey Jury Awards $12.9 Million to Three Patients Whose Use of Roche Acne Medication Accutane
Found to Cause Severe Bowel Illness
In another major courtroom verdict linking powerful acne medication Accutane with long-term inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an eight-person jury in Atlantic City has found that pharmaceutical maker Hoffman-La Roche failed to provide adequate warning of the possible condition to three patients who began taking the drug as teenagers and shortly thereafter developed severe forms of IBD. The jury awarded compensatory damages of $12.89 million to be apportioned among the three individuals, now aged in their mid-to-late 20s.More...
Third Straight Plaintiff's Verdict, and
Largest to Date, in Accutane Litigation
On Tuesday, a jury in Atlantic City, NJ,
ordered the pharmaceutical manufacturer
Roche to pay plaintiff Kamie Kendall
$10,578,500.00, for injuries caused by
its drug Accutane.More...
Jury Finds Transmission Defect in
Chrysler Vehicle Caused Death of
Infant
April 9, 2008, Chalmette, Louisiana -- A Louisiana-state jury yesterday found DaimlerChrysler liable for the death of infant Collin Guillot and injuries to his parents Juli and August Guillot and their then 3 year old daughter Madison. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of $5,080,000 in compensatory damages. More...
Jury awards $7 million in Florida
Accutane case
After two days of deliberating, the jury on Thursday found Accutane maker Hoffman-La Roche Inc. responsible for... More...
Zelnorm Alert
The FDA has issued a public health advisory to inform patients and health care professionals that the sponsor of Zelnorm (tegaserod maleate), More...
Permax Removed from Market
On March 29, 2007, the FDA announced that manufacturers of pergolide drug products, which are used to treat Parkinson’s disease, will voluntarily remove these drugs from the market...
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Yamaha Rhino Litigation
At least 46 persons have been killed and hundreds of adults, teenagers, and children have been left permanently disabled after their hands, arms, feet, and legs were crushed in Rhino accidents. More...
NuvaRing®
The NuvaRing® is a once-a-month combined contraceptive vaginal ring, which was approved for use the United States in October. However, since the NuvaRing® hit the market it has been the subject of many lawsuits related to blood clots and has also been blamed for 12 deaths nationwide. More...
Auto Accident? Remember 1-2-3-4-5
If you have the misfortune of being involved in an auto accident, you should remember five very important points, and keep this valuable Accident Form in your car. Read on to learn the five points and to print you free form. More...
18-Wheelers or Tractor-Trailers
Tractor-trailers also known as 18-wheelers or “semis” account for thousands of accidents in the United States every year...
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Contact Us Today! Benzene Alert!
Workers exposed to high levels of benzene are at the greatest risk of suffering its long-term harmful effects. More....
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Guidant Initiates Worldwide Physician Communications
Guidant said it is voluntarily advising physicians about important safety information regarding certain devices. Guidant apprised FDA of this action, and FDA may classify this action as a recall. More....
FDA considers extending deadline
The tens of thousands of Americans who take Accutane to treat their severe acne may gain additional time to register with a program designed to limit use of the birth defect-causing drug by pregnant women, More....
What is Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos and symptoms may not appear for as long as 20 to 40 years after exposure. More.... |
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