Testosterone therapy product Androgel, made by Belgian company Besins Healthcare, has been the target of numerous lawsuits. The manufacturer has attempted to dodge a huge class-action suit in the U.S., but a federal U.S. judge blocked that evasion, forcing Besins to face up to the charges against it and its testosterone product. AndroGel and the […]

Compounding company Wells Pharmacy Network recently recalled hundreds of sterile products produced between February 22nd and September 16th of 2016. The recall is voluntary and includes more than 600 medical products like injectable hormones as well as some products made for pets. Although voluntary, the recall has been prompted by concern addressed to the company […]

A recent study found that the use of IVC filers in trauma patients in hospitals did not save lives. There was no mortality difference between those that received a filter and those that did not. These results led the researchers to conclude that the use of IVC filters needs to be reevaluated. They are not […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned consumers and the general public that homeopathic teething tablets and gels may be dangerous and could pose significant risks to babies and children. The FDA has gone so far as to recommend that these products not be used and that they be discarded if already purchased. […]

Pharmaceutical and medical device giant Johnson & Johnson was hit with a huge, nearly $500 million verdict earlier this year over its defective Pinnacle hip implant made by subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics. Plaintiffs in the first bellwether trial claimed that the company failed to warn them about the risks of these metal-on-metal hips and the jury […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that there is a need for increased and more urgent warnings about the dangers of mixing prescriptions containing opioid analgesics with those containing benzodiazepines. The FDA stated in a press release that the number of overdose deaths related to misuse of the two types of drugs is […]

Testosterone replacement drugs, such as AndroGel made by AbbVie, have been under scrutiny in recent years after complaints that they increase the risk of heart attack and blood clots surfaced. Victims have started lawsuits against the manufacturer and many of those have been consolidated in multidistrict litigation. The first eight lawsuits, which will act as […]

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, a democrat from New York, and Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick, a republican from Pennsylvania worked together to introduce a bill that would allow women harmed by the Essure device to sue maker Bayer. Essure is a permanent sterilization device that has caused harm to many women and has even been linked to deaths. […]

Bayer makes a medication called Kogenate that is used in people who suffer with the bleeding disorders known as hemophilia. Doctors prescribe the medication to prevent excessive bleeding, but recently it suffered a recall. Bayer announced the recall in July. Bayer issued follow up in August to extend it to include more lots. At issue was the potency […]

Portola Pharmaceuticals recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected its application for approval or a new antidote for Xarelto and similar blood thinners. Patients taking these blood thinners are at risk of excessive bleeding, which can be fatal, and there is currently no approved antidote to reverse the bleeding. Xarelto and Bleeding […]