Inferior vena cava filters, also known as IVC filters, are small devices placed in a vein in the leg that are used to catch and trap blood clots. The purpose is to prevent any clots from traveling to the lungs, heart, or brain, where they may cause deadly stroke, heart attack, or pulmonary embolism. IVC […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently asked Endo International to remove one of its opioid painkillers from the market. The request was eventually respected and the company recently stated that it would pull Opana ER. The FDA made the request after determining that the risks of the drug were not outweighed by its […]

Jurors have been listening to testimony for several weeks and now will be the first to rule on medical device maker Olympus over its potentially fatally faulty duodenoscope. The Japanese maker of medical devices may be to blame for the death of defendant Theresa Bigler’s husband Richard. He died from an infection just days after […]