Bayer offers $1.6 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over Essure birth control implant
Bayer will pay $1.6 billion to settle lawsuits from thousands of American women who said they developed debilitating long-term health problems from the pharmaceutical giant’s product, the Essure birth control implant.
A company statement Aug. 20 said the offer would end 90% of the nearly 39,000 cases now in court or not yet filed, and...
FDA drops boxed warning from Johnson & Johnson’s diabetes drug label
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday removed a boxed warning about increased risk of leg and foot amputations with Johnson & Johnson’s diabetes drug Invokana.
Invokana was approved in 2017 to be used with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Reviews of new clinical data...
Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found in Critical Tuberculosis Drugs
Two life-saving tuberculosis drugs were found to contain elevated levels of chemicals that may cause cancer, according to the Food and Drug Administration, but the treatments will be allowed to remain on the market out of worry that supplies could run short.
The drugs rifampin and rifapentine contain nitrosamine impurities, the FDA said in a...
Three more women have died from cancer linked to Allergan’s recalled breast implants, FDA says
Three more women have died from a cancer associated with certain kinds of breast implants—all within a six-month period starting just weeks before those implants were recalled.
At least 36 women have now died of a cancer known as BIA-ALCL, for "breast implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma," according to data the U.S. Food and Drug...
Nursing Homes With Safety Problems Deploy Trump-Connected Lobbyists
Some want direct government aid. Others want tax breaks. Many want protection against lawsuits.
Nursing homes have been the center of America’s coronavirus pandemic, with more than 62,000 residents and staff dying from Covid-19 at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, about 40 percent of the country’s virus fatalities. Now the lightly regulated industry...
Covid-19 surges back into nursing homes in coronavirus hot spots
The novel coronavirus is surging back into U.S. nursing homes, where it killed tens of thousands at the start of the pandemic and now once again threatens some of the people most vulnerable to covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
The development is a discouraging result of widespread community transmission of the virus in...
Amazon liable for defective products from third-party sellers, California court says
Amazon.com got more bad news from the courts Thursday. In California at least, customers who receive defective products from the "marketplace" section of its website can hold Amazon liable for harm, not just the re-seller, a California appeals court ruled.
The case was filed by Angela Bolger of San Diego, who says she received third-degree...
Bayer to pay up to $10.9 billion to settle bulk of Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuits
Women With Cancer Awarded Billions in Baby Powder Suit
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday ordered Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary to pay $2.1 billion in damages to women who blamed their ovarian cancers on the company’s talcum products, including its iconic baby powder.
The decision slashed by more than half a record award of $4.69 billion in compensatory and punitive damages to...
As nursing home residents died, new covid-19 protections shielded companies from lawsuits. Families say that hides the truth.
One afternoon in early April, Brenda Anagnos crouched in the bushes outside a nursing home in Windsor, Conn., and pressed her face to the window.
“Mommy,” she yelled. “I’m here.”
From outside the locked-down facility, Anagnos said she watched her mother, wearing a red tank top, shiver beneath a hospital sheet. Diagnosed with covid-19, she could...
