It’s not easy for patients to manage their risk of blood clots. Popular blood thinners come with some staggering bleeding risks and newer anticoagulants don’t have antidotes available to...
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shot down a blood thinner antidote produced by Portola Pharmaceuticals. However, this devastating blow to the company comes with some...
All blood thinners come with a risk of uncontrollable bleeding, but for blood thinners that have no antidote, the risk is much greater. Pharmaceutical companies have been working on...
When the INRatio blood-monitoring device was recalled in December 2014, it caused concern for thousands of patients across the country. The device, manufactured by Alere Inc., was subject to...
An Ohio couple recently filed a lawsuit against Xarelto’s manufacturers, Bayer AG and Janssen Pharmaceutical (a subdivision of Johnson & Johnson), after the wife suffered a near fatal bleeding...
Relatives of James Hibisch filed a lawsuit against Xarelto’s manufacturers alleging product liability, design defect, failure to warn, breach of express warranty, and fraudulent misrepresentation.
Dates have been selected for four bellwether trials in the Xarelto multidistrict litigation. These trial outcomes will set important precedent for the remaining cases.
The controversy surrounding the popular anticoagulant Xarelto has been mounting for some months now, but plaintiffs in a Xarelto class action lawsuit are now alleging manufacturers withheld important clinical...
David and Rebecca Rowell have filed a lawsuit against Janssen Research & Development LLC, Janssen Ortho LLC, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. for negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment,...
In 2013, Xarelto’s Manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) received a warning letter from the FDA regarding a print advertisement for Xarelto. The advertisement was included...