A U.S. House of Representatives committee says that Juul broke the law by illegally marketing its e-cigarettes as a safe alternative to tobacco cigarettes that could help smokers quit. The committee’s chairman called on the Food and Drug Administration to take “appropriate enforcement action” against Juul over the company’s illegal marketing practices. (more…)
Nearly 1,000 veterans of the U.S. armed forces have filed lawsuits against 3M over the company’s defective Combat Arms earplugs. The lawsuits allege that 3M’s military ear plugs were defectively designed, causing service members who used this product in combat to suffer hearing loss, hearing damage, or tinnitus. (more…)
Officials in Illinois report that a person who was diagnosed with a severe lung illness after using e-cigarettes has died. The death is believed to be the first that has been linked to a mysterious lung illness reported across several states among patients who used e-cigarettes. (more…)
Insys Therapeutics – the manufacturer of the fentanyl spray Subsys – has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Insys’s bankruptcy filing came just days after the company was forced to pay $225 million to settle criminal and civil complaints by the federal government over allegations that Insys had illegally marketed Subsys to doctors and patients. (more…)
A Connecticut man who suffered a massive stroke after becoming addicted to Juul e-cigarettes has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the vaping device. Maxwell Berger filed a lawsuit against Juul Labs in California over allegations that the company hid the dangers of Juul from consumers, and illegally marketed the product to consumers under the age of 26. (more…)
Bristol-Myers Squibb is facing nearly 300 lawsuits in Kentucky over allegations that the diabetes drugs Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR may increase the risk of congestive heart failure and other cardiovascular side effects. The lawsuits were originally consolidated as part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in 2018. (more…)
Workers and other individuals who were exposed to asbestos may be at risk of developing mesothelioma cancer. Patients who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma may be eligible to file a lawsuit against the companies that manufactured the asbestos products to which they were exposed. (more…)
Studies have found that cancer patients who are treated with the chemotherapy drug Taxotere may be at risk of suffering permanent hair loss, also known as alopecia. Sanofi, the manufacturer of Taxotere, is facing thousands of lawsuits filed by patients who suffered permanent alopecia after taking the cancer drug. (more…)
Patients who use a class of heartburn medications known as proton pump inhibitors may face an increased risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a 2017 study. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that patients taking PPIs are 20 to 50% more likely to develop kidney disease that those who did not use the heartburn drugs. (more…)
3M is facing lawsuits over allegations that the company’s Combat Arms Earplugs are linked to an increased risk of hearing loss in veterans. The company is facing hundreds of lawsuits filed by veterans of the U.S. armed forces over allegations that 3M’s earplugs were inadequate to protect the hearing of service personnel during combat, causing them to suffer hearing damage. (more…)
