Acetaminophen is far and away considered one of the safest drugs on the market. It’s the active ingredient in Tylenol, and tens of millions of people take this popular pain reliever and fever reducer every week with no major problems. But did you know that over the last 10 years,…
Biomet Inc., a medical device manufacturer based in the U.S., has agreed to pay a minimum of $56 million in order to settle a multi-district lawsuit stemming from defective metal hip replacements. Court filings in the case of In Re: Biomet M2A Magnum Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, from the…
While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration offers its stamp of approval on a wide range of medications and treatments each year, that green light is no guarantee that a drug won’t be harmful. A recent annual report by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices revealed that there was a…
Officials with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently unveiled a new online tool to let consumers report problems with any tobacco products. The Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) has been updated and now contains a new category for tobacco products. Under the update, health care professionals and consumers are provided…
Transvaginal mesh products were marketed to women seeking treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Many women who had these products implanted have experienced serious complications, resulting in significant pain and necessitating revision surgeries. Thousands of women filed lawsuits resulting from the complications, and the cases…
Wright Medical is the manufacturer of metal-on-metal hip implant products. Patients have experienced serious complications after having the Wright medical products implanted and a multidistrict litigation (MDL) has been created to expedite the handling of pending cases. Our Boston defective hip implant lawyers have been admitted to the MDL against…
Metal-on-metal hip implants have prompted numerous manufacturer recalls in recent years, including a recall of the Stryker Rejuvenate; the Stryker ABG II; the DePuy XL Acetabular; and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing system. Before these devices were recalled, the metal-on-metal hip implant systems were implanted in thousands of patients, many…
Defective drugs and medical devices harm thousands of patients throughout the United States. Each individual plaintiff has a cause of action against the pharmaceutical company or medical device manufacturer when a product defect causes injury or illness. However, many of the cases against the manufacturers have common questions of fact.…
Two Massachusetts siblings were killed after being trapped in an old hope chest and officials are using this incident as a sad reminder of the risks associated with dangerous and defective products in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Oftentimes, recall information never makes it into our homes and these products are never…
The antibiotic Levaquin was marketed by drug manufacturer Ortho-McNeil Janssen (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) as a safe way to treat many common bacterial infections, such as those of the sinuses, ears, lungs, airways, ears, skin, bones and joints. However, what a trial court ruled – and the Eighth…