My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon has written a new post for our firm’s Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk Injuryboard blog site about the large numbers of lawsuits now being filed against Takeda Pharmaceuticals over the drug Actos (pioglitazone).The litigation follows from studies that show a link between the diabetes drug and bladder cancer. As demonstrated…
Multaq (dronedarone) hit the market promoted as a prescription drug that could reduce the occurrence of atrial fibrillation and other heart rhythm disorders. On its website, Sanofi Aventis, the manufacturer of Multaq, proclaimed that the drug can work to lower the “chance that you would need to go to the hospital.” But Sanofi conventiently withheld the…
Takeda, which makes Actos (pioglitazone), the world’s best-selling type 2 diabetes pill, is facing lawsuits throughout the United States and a decline in sales as suspicions mount that taking the drug for longer than a year increases a patient’s risk for developing bladder cancer, according to AOL Healthy Living. In June 2011, the drug company, based…
Chantix, known generically as varenicline, is a prescription drug designed to help people quit smoking. Roughly 3 million people currently take Chantix, according to Pfizer, the manufacturer of this dangerous drug. The “common” side effects reported include nausea, headache, difficulty sleeping and abnormal dreams. Sounds pretty typical for many prescription drugs. However, in November 2007,…
There really is nothing more terrifying than being awoken in the middle of the night to the sound of a fire alarm. For nine families, this was the frightening reality when their dehumidifiers caught fire after the defective power connectors short-circuited. Thankfully, no one was killed, but that may only be a matter of time….