Sentences with phrase «lawsuit against drug»

If a physician or pharmacist gives a patient a dangerous cocktail of medications that leads to serious injury or a wrongful death, Utah law provides the right for the heirs, children and spouse to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against a drug's manufacturer.

Jurors in a state court have awarded Kamie Kendall Rees $ 1,587,928 in her Accutane injury lawsuit against drug maker Hoffman La Roche Inc..

Meanwhile, AB 684, a bill in the California legislature to allow industrial hemp farming, is likely to succeed, and North Dakota farmers with state - issued hemp farming licenses have recently filed a landmark lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).»

But Deer's investigation - nominated in February 2011 for two British Press Awards - discovered that, while Wakefield held himself out to be a dispassionate scientist, two years before the Lancet paper was published - and before any of the 12 children were even referred to the hospital - he had been hired to attack MMR by a lawyer, Richard Barr: a jobbing solicitor in the small eastern English town of King's Lynn, who hoped to raise a speculative class action lawsuit against drug companies which manufactured the triple shot.

His speech comes the same day county legislators announced they will be voting Monday night to join other New York counties to pass a resolution requesting the county attorney to file or join a lawsuit against drug manufacturers for misleading doctors and others about the addictiveness of opioids.

As a result, Pennsylvania personal injury attorneys and products liability attorneys across the nation have filed personal injury lawsuits against the drug maker.

Concern over possible side effects from Actos, technically named pioglitazone, including bladder cancer, has been the basis for lawsuits against the drug manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

People who have suffered aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, or nerve damage have contacted attorneys across the country to file lawsuits against the drug companies, alleging the makers never fairly and adequately warned doctors and patients of these known dangers.

Meantime, more people are coming forward to file their Actos lawsuits against drug maker Takeda Pharmaceuticals, its subsidiaries, and Eli Lilly, which has been active in marketing the diabetes drug in the US.

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When the city of Rockford, Illinois, realized Acthar was taking up 2.5 % of its medical budget for just two infants, it filed a lawsuit against Mallinckrodt saying the expensive drug was part of «an anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive scheme.»

Here's some of what's going on in the health care world as we head into Easter weekend: payers are pushing back against PTC Therapeutcics» controversial Duchenne muscular dystropy drug; insurers are cautiously lauding new rules for Obamacare's marketplaces; a fascinating lawsuit in Arkansas explores the ethics of drug making; and a new test for Zika virus can produce results within an hour.

Several West Virginia counties have filed lawsuits in recent months against drug wholesalers McKesson Corp, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen for failing to report suspicious orders of opioids in the state.

Hagens Berman prosecuted a lawsuit against TAP Pharmaceuticals Products, Inc. on behalf of a class of consumers and third - party payors who purchased the drug Lupron.

An Indian generic drug company on Monday urged a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent decision that revived a patent infringement case against Google LLC, saying the ruling could spur «vexatious lawsuits» by makers of brand - name pharmaceutical products.

In March, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the federal government would support a series of lawsuits filed by states against drug manufacturers.

In September, the Greens filed a lawsuit against the federal government, stating, «These abortion - causing drugs go against our faith... We simply can not abandon our religious beliefs to comply with this mandate.»

(Source: Fox News) BILLINGS, Mont. — A 35 - year - old man imprisoned for drug possession has filed a $ 10 million federal lawsuit against Yellowstone County, alleging jailers interfered with his satanic religious practices while he was in jail.

BILLINGS, Mont. — A 35 - year - old man imprisoned for drug possession has filed a $ 10 million federal lawsuit against Yellowstone County, alleging jailers interfered with his satanic religious practices while he was in jail.

He has been up front in discussing the seasonlong feud with the Patriots that involved his violating the NFL's substance abuse policy by missing a drug test, New England's withholding $ 8.5 million of his $ 11.5 million signing bonus, and his filing a grievance against the Patriots and a lawsuit against the league (both of which, along with the team's countergrievance, were dropped when the trade was made).

As a town lawmaker and a grieving mother, Cheektowaga Councilwoman Christine Adamczyk voted to authorize the town's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors for contributing to prescription drug abuse and fatalities.

From 2003 through 2007, Simmons, Hanly & Conroy represented 5,000 individual plaintiffs in a class - action lawsuit against Purdue Pharma regarding the use of opioid drugs, according to the county.

The lawsuit takes primary aim against pharmaceutical companies that make promote, market and distribute opioid - based drugs such as OxyContin and Percocet and generics such as oxycodone and hydrocodone.

Onondaga County has filed a lawsuit against multiple prescription drug manufacturers and distributors, joining other New York counties who in recent months have demanded pharmaceutical companies pay for costs of the growing opioid crisis.

Spencer said two counties in California and the City of Chicago have filed similar lawsuits in Federal court against drug companies Purdue Pharma L.P., The Purdue Frederick Company, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD., Cephalon Inc., Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Endo Health Solutions Inc., and Actavis PLC..

As the death toll from opioid overdoses continues to rise, Erie County is hitting back with a lawsuit against pharmaceutical makers and doctors who prescribe the drugs.

Many thousands more papers remain sealed as part of ongoing lawsuits brought by more than 14,000 women against the drug maker Wyeth, which was bought last year by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, based in New York.

A month later the Center for Food Safety and the International Center for Technology Assessment jointly filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., against the Food and Drug Administration, trying to force a halt to the fish's sale.

Respondents in this year's survey pointed to five main causes of the field's less than favorable reputation: drug and product recalls such as the withdrawal of Avandia; safety issues such as the discovery of problems with raw material from China used in medical products; scandals, including evidence that pharmaceutical companies have failed to release data from trials whose results cast doubts on their drugs» safety and efficacy; lawsuits brought against companies that failed to warn patients of problems with their products; and ethical issues such as kickbacks for physicians promoting specific medications.

Hundreds of American women are lining up to join a lawsuit against Wyeth - Ayerst, a drugs company that markets an implantable contraceptive, called Norplant.

In a joint report, The Sunday Times and ProPublica, an American investigative journalism enterprise, yesterday detailed a libel lawsuit against Henrik Thomsen, a Danish clinician who is among those that alerted patients and regulators to potential risks of a drug called Omniscan that is administered to people receiving MRIs in order to improve the images.

These women have joined together to file a negligence lawsuit in Philadelphia against several drug companies, reports The New York Times.

The greedy lawsuits against Accutane relating it to depression caused this drug to be taken off shelves in US but it is still considered a wonder drug elsewhere.

More than 10,000 women using these products have suffered from side effects, and as a result have filed lawsuits against the makers of these drugs.

Washington, D.C. — December 17, 2014 --[GlobeNewswire]-- Weston A. Price Foundation filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

A woman diagnosed with ulcerative colitis received a $ 10.5 million award for pain and suffering in a lawsuit filed against the company, and was awarded $ 78,500 for medical expenses after her attorneys proved the company knew of a potential risk of IBD from Accutane, and failed to report it to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

• An article about drug - resistant staph infections and student - athletes in the Nov. 7, 2007, issue of Education Week should have said that the former football player filing a lawsuit against Iona College nearly lost his leg because of an infection.

An $ 8 - million lawsuit has been launched against Hoffman - La Roche Ltd., the makers of Accutane, on behalf of Jennifer Twamley who was prescribed the drug at age 17 to control her acne.

In some instances, attorneys may recommend victims join a class action lawsuit against defective drug manufacturers, which can potentially award millions of dollars to victims.

Defective drug lawyers help victims evaluate their individual circumstances and, if a lawsuit is warranted, build a strong case against C.B. Fleet Company by incorporating elements such as expert testimony into their case.

Due to the link between higher risk of heart problems with testosterone treatment, many lawsuits have been filed against drug manufacturers for failing to warn customers of the potential heart risks.

No complaints or lawsuits have been reported against the company for its recalled products, but a Philadelphia personal injury attorney may come in handy when and if you find yourself suffering harm or injury from any pharmaceutical drug.

Joe Jackson, the father of the deceased pop star Michael Jackson, has not surprisingly filed a lawsuit against his son's doctor Conrad Murray, alleging that the physician acted with professional negligence and tried to conceal his administration of drugs to the King of Pop after the death.

The lawsuits against AbbVie are substantially similar in that they focus on this failure to warn the risks of these low - T drugs.

Still, as of August 2014, Reuters reports, nearly 1,000 women had filed drug injury lawsuits against Pfizer naming Lipitor as the cause of their diabetes.

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Quite a number of lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturers of these drugs due to their failure to warn users of the associated dangers.

Legal Post Class - action suit against Pfizer Canada over anti-smoking drug Champix to proceed OTTAWA — A class - action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Canada over its anti-smoking drug Champix will proceed, an Ontario Superior Court has ruled.

Another reason that victims of alcohol or drug related accidents should seek competent legal counsel and file a civil action against the defendant instead of hoping for criminal restitution is that the standard of proof required to win an Indiana personal injury lawsuit is less than what a prosecutor must prove to convict a defendant on criminal charges.