Last Week’s Important Life Science Headlines

February 25, 2014
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Class Action Design Defect FDA Litigation Medical Device News Pharmaceuticals Product Liability Recalls Regulatory
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Life Science Matters

Litigation

Xarelto Lawsuit Filed Over Uncontrollable Internal Bleeding
Neomedic Cases Added to Vaginal Mesh Litigation in W.Va. Federal Court
Endo Puts Aside $520M for Vaginal Mesh Litigation (subscription required)
9^th Circ. Refuses to Revive Novartis Jaw Injury Litigation (subscription required)
FTC Bags $2M False Ad Win Against Diabetes Supplement Co. (subscription required)
J&J Mesh Suits Belong in Federal Court, 10^th Circ. Told (subscription required)
New Philly Mass Tort Program Created for Pelvic Mesh Suits (subscription required)
J&J Wins 1

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This Week’s Life Science Headlines

January 23, 2014
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Class Action Design Defect FDA Litigation Medical Device News Nutritional Supplements Pharmaceuticals Preemption Product Liability Recalls Regulatory Supplements
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Life Science Matters

Litigation

Pharma Can Be Liable for Design Negligence: Pa. High Court (subscription required)
Pfizer Escapes Whistleblower Suit Over Lipitor Marketing (subscription required)
23andMe Faces Suit Over Recently Banned DNA Tests (subscription required)
Claims and Classes in Medical Monitoring Cases (subscription required)
Boston Scientific Mesh Lawsuit to Move Forward After SOL Challenge
Motion Filed to Centralize OxyElite Pro Lawsuits in MDL
6^th Circuit Revives Mylan Wrongful Death Suit (subscription required)
Jury Clears Abbott In Tainted Formula Injury Suit (subscription required)
Ethicon

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This Week’s Life Science Headlines

December 13, 2013
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Design Defect FDA Litigation Medical Device News Pharmaceuticals Product Liability Recalls Regulatory Settlements Verdicts
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Life Science Matters

Litigation

High Court Denies Bid to Review Neurontin RICO Rulings (subscription required)
Merck Settles Fosamax Jaw-Injury Claims for $28M (subscription required)
Boehringer Fined $1M For Withholding Docs in MDL (subscription required)
Expert Testimony Must be Backed By Science, Pa. Court Rules (subscription required)
High Court Passes on Lupron Labeling Suit (subscription required)
1st Circ. Ends Takeda FCA Suit But Limits Scope of Ruling (subscription required)
Medtronic Escapes Jury’s $18M Surgical Fire Verdict (subscription required)
J&J Keeps Vaginal Mesh Suit Out of

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Endo Settles Some Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits for $55 Million

Lisa M. Robinson

An Endo Health Solutions (ENDP) Inc. agreed to pay $54.5 million to settle some lawsuits that allege that its vaginal-mesh implants eroded in some women and left them incontinent and in pain. Officials of American Medical Systems, Inc., (AMS) which manufactures vaginal-mesh devices, including Perigee, Apogee, and Elevate, said it was paying to resolve an undisclosed number of suits. Endo representatives earlier this years said that suits filed over the implants had risen to about 5,100. Endo acquired AMS for $2.9 billion in 2011. Endo…
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