WannaCry Ransomware Affects Bayer Medical Devices, Equipment
Two WannaCry Cases Reported in the US, Directly Affecting Medical Equipment At least two Bayer medical devices in the United States have been affected by the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack. The malicious software, which affected over 200,000 organizations in 150 countries, ransoms users for payment to access their files. The … [Read more...]
Bayer Heart Health Advantage Could Lead To Lawsuits
Bayer Heart Health Advantage False Claims. Our Class action lawsuit lawyers are investigating claims that Bayer Heart Health Advantage, a non-aspirin supplement that supposedly lowers bad (LDL) cholesterol, may not provide users with any real benefit. We believe that the type of phytosterols used in Bayer Heart Health Advantage may … [Read more...]
Bayer Side Effects May Be Linked To False Claims Lawsuits
Bayer Side Effects Claim Lawsuit. Our Class action lawsuit lawyers are investigating claims that Bayer Heart Health Advantage, a non-aspirin supplement that supposedly lowers bad (LDL) cholesterol, may not provide users with any real benefit. We believe that the type of phytosterols used in Bayer Heart Health Advantage may have few … [Read more...]
Liberty/Ignite Glufosinate Herbicide Shortage Lawyers
Glufosinate Herbicide Shortage To Force Companies. Parker Waichman LLP is investigating allegations that Bayer, the maker of the glufosinate herbicide, Liberty, and its predecessor, Ignite, has colluded to create a shortage of the products in order to force companies out of the cotton seed market. Serious shortages of Liberty and … [Read more...]
Bayer Faces Thousands of Essure Lawsuits
Thousands of women have filed lawsuits against Bayer alleging that Essure, the permanent birth control device, caused complications. The device has gained more attention in light of complaints from numerous women, many of whom took to social media to express their concerns. The Facebook group “Essure Problems” sparked initial media … [Read more...]
Essure Litigation Underway, as Court Ruling May Hold Bayer Liable
Bayer is facing a number of lawsuits alleging that the permanent birth control device Essure led to injuries such as pain, bleeding and device migration. A group of 98 women recently filed a lawsuit in Missouri and over 200 lawsuits have been filed in California alone. Now, a court ruling may pave the way for additional … [Read more...]
Legislation Introduced to Require FDA to Pull Essure Birth Control from Market
U.S. Representative Michael Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania has introduced a new bill that directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw Bayer’s Essure birth control implant from the market. The safety of the implantable device—a permanent birth control method—has been called into question. In September, the FDA held an … [Read more...]
Settlement Resolves Blood-Clot Claims
Birth Control Pills Multimillion-Dollar Settlement. A settlement reported to total nearly $57 million would resolve allegations that Bayer Corp.'s birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella cause strokes and heart attacks. The settlement fund would settle claims pending in a multidistrict litigation in Illinois federal court, and … [Read more...]
FDA Convening Panel to Reconsider Safety of Essure Birth Control System
On September 24, 2015, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet to discuss the risks and benefits of Bayer HealthCare's Essure birth control system. The panel will seek expert scientific and clinical opinion on the risks and benefits of … [Read more...]
$1.5B for Future Yaz, Yasmin Claims
The Dangerous Yaz, Yasmin Drugs From Bayer. Bayer has set aside another $1.5 billion to cover legal expenses related to its dangerous contraceptive drugs Yaz and Yasmin. According to a Reuters report this week, the pharmaceutical giant noted in its annual report that the additional reserve is likely to impact the company’s bottom … [Read more...]
Mirena IUD Injury Lawsuits Continue to Mount
Mirena IUD caused uterine perforations and other injures are continuing to mount. Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the legal rights of people injured by defective medical devices, reports that personal injury lawsuits alleging the Mirena IUD caused uterine perforations and other injures are continuing … [Read more...]
651 Yaz, Yasmin Lawsuits Settled
Lawsuits Againts Yaz, Yasmin Resolved. Bayer AG continues to settle lawsuits alleging its Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills caused serious, life-threatening blood clots in some young women. According to the company's latest Stockholder Newsletter, Yaz and Yasmin lawsuit settlements have cost the company $142 million so … [Read more...]
500 Yaz, Yasmin Blood Clot Lawsuits Settled
Yaz, Yasmin Lawsuit Settlements. Just days after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ordered new information about increased blood clot risks associated with Yaz, Yasmin and other drospirenone-containing birth control pills, it's been learned that Bayer AG has settled some 500 Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits alleging the drugs … [Read more...]
FDA Yaz, Yasmin Advisors Had Relationships with Bayer
Advisors Had Relationships with Bayer. Last month, an advisory panel for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend by a four vote (15-11) margin that the benefits of Yaz, Yasmin and similar pills made with the synthetic progestin, drospirenone, outweighed their risk of dangerous blood clots. Now it's been … [Read more...]
Bayer Settling Trasylol Lawsuits
Bayer Trasylol Lawsuits. About 150 Trasylol lawsuits have been settled by Bayer AG for at least $60 million, according to Bloomberg News. According to three anonymous sources, the settlements provide an average payout of about $400,000 per patient, the report said. Recluse By that time, ‘Trasylol’ had been used in a third of all … [Read more...]
FDA Warning Letter On German Plant
Warning Letter On Bayer German Plant. Following an inspection in March that caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concern regarding Bayer AG’s ability to test and monitor quality, a warning was issued to the pharmaceutical giant. Reuters wrote that the issue concerned testing at Bayer’s Bergkamen, Germany facility, … [Read more...]
Bayer Failed to Warn of Side Effects
Trasylol Lawsuit Claims Bayer has been sued over Trasylol, a drug used to prevent bleeding during heart bypass surgery that was withdrawn from the market in May 2008. According to MadisonRecord.com, the lawsuit alleges that Bayer did not warn of the possible serious side effects linked to ‘Trasylol’. Trasylol was approved by the … [Read more...]
Bayer Magnevist Gadolinium Contrast Dye Lawsuits Settlement
Bayer AG has settled some lawsuits involving its gadolinium contrast dye, Magnevist. Plaintiffs in the lawsuits claimed that Magnevist had caused Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF), a potentially fatal condition that develops in people with pre-existing kidney disease. Gadolinium contrast dyes like Magnevist are approved for use … [Read more...]
Levitra with Temporary Amnesia Noted
Levitra Association with Amnesia. Levitra, an erectile dysfunction (ED) drug made by Bayer AG is undergoing its third labeling change since 2005. This time, the precautions section of the ‘Levitra’ label will be changed to note its possible association with transient global amnesia, or TGA. TGA is a sudden, temporary episode of … [Read more...]
Trasylol Named in 78 Lawsuits
Trasylol Named in 78 Lawsuits. Bayer AG has been hit with 78 lawsuits over the drug Trasylol. In November, Bayer suspended Trasylol sales after a Canadian study linked it to a higher risk of death. Trayslol was approved in 1993, and was used to prevent bleeding during open heart surgeries. Since its approval, about a third of … [Read more...]
Trasylol Studies Confirm Death Risks
Trasylol Studies Confirm Death Risks. Two more Trasylol studies have concluded that heart surgery patients are more likely to die if treated with the defective drug. Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer AG, was the subject of several Food & Drug Administration (FDA) safety reviews before it was finally pulled from the market last … [Read more...]
Trasylol Pulled From World Market
Trasylol Pulled From World Market. Trasylol, an anti-bleeding medication, was pulled from the market earlier this week following concerns that it put patients at a high risk of death. The German pharmaceutical firm Bayer AG announced that it would stop worldwide sales of Trasylol after a Canadian ‘Trasylol’ study was suspended … [Read more...]
Bayer’s Heart-Surgery Drug Increases Risk of Death
Controversial Heart-Surgery Drug Aprotinin Is Under Fire. Bayer’s controversial heart-surgery drug aprotinin, marketed as Trasylol, is under fire yet again thanks to a new study that found that the drug carries with it an increased risk of long-term mortality. Trasylol is a widely used drug intended to reduce bleeding during … [Read more...]
Bayer’s Trasylol Clotting Drug Boosts Heart Risk, Study Says
Trasylol Double The Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke. Bayer AG's Trasylol, used in more than 60 countries to control bleeding after surgery, doubles a patient's likelihood of developing kidney failure and increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, researchers said. Scientists led by Dennis Mangano at the Ischemia Research and … [Read more...]
$1.1B in Baycol-Related Settlements
Bayer Announcements Baycol-Related Settlements. Yesterday, Bayer AG, the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant, had the kind of bad-news day major corporations dread. On the pharmaceutical side, the company announced, that as of June 30, it has paid some $1.138 billion to settle 3,017 personal injury cases worldwide stemming … [Read more...]
FDA Animal Drug Ban
Animal Drug From Bayer Are Being Banned. After five years of debate about human health concerns, the FDA ruled Thursday that an antibiotic made by Bayer Animal Health in Shawnee cannot be used for treating poultry. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester Crawford, a veterinarian, agreed with evidence that widespread use … [Read more...]
Bayer Pays $1.133B to Settle 2,995 Baycol Cases
Bayer Settle Baycol Cases. Bayer AG said that as of April 25 it has paid 1.133 bln usd to settle 2,995 cases worldwide related to its former cholesterol-lowering blockbuster drug Baycol (Lipobay), which was withdrawn from the market three years ago for safety reasons. The figures show the chemicals and pharmaceutical hybrid has … [Read more...]
Report: Bayer Held Back on Drug Dangers
Bayer May Have Concealed Safety Information About Drug Dangers. Another pharmaceutical company may have concealed safety information about a dangerous drug this time Bayer and its once-popular cholesterol medication Baycol according to a report in a prominent medical journal. Baycol was pulled from the market in 2001, but an … [Read more...]
Report Faults Bayer on Baycol Withdrawal
Bayer Pulls Baycol From The Market. New reports accuse another drug company of being too slow to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the ability of the federal Food and Drug Administration to protect the public from such risks. This time it's Baycol, a cholesterol-lowering statin that Bayer AG withdrew in 2001 … [Read more...]
El Pasoan Gets $400,000 In Lawsuit Against Bayer
Lawsuit Claimed Bayer Conceal The Dangers Of The Drug. An El Paso jury awarded $400,000 to a man who blamed a chemical formerly used in Alka-Seltzer Plus for a stroke he suffered in 1997. The verdict for Miguel Valverde was delivered in El Paso County Court-at-Law No. 5 on Wednesday against Bayer Corp., the company that makes the … [Read more...]
Nearly $1.1B Bayer Settlements
Bayer Settlements Over Pulled Cholesterol Drug. Drug maker Bayer AG said Monday it has reached settlements in more than 2,800 cases related to the 2001 withdrawal of a cholesterol-lowering drug, paying nearly $1.1 billion in out-of-court deals. ‘Bayer’ pulled Lipobay, marketed as Baycol in the United States, after it was linked to … [Read more...]
Bayer $1.06B Settlement
Bayer Settled Baycol Lawsuits. Bayer AG, Germany's second-largest drug and chemical maker, has agreed to pay $1.06 billion to settle 2,771 lawsuits relating to its withdrawn cholesterol treatment Baycol. The company has 8,048 cases pending, 515 fewer than a month ago, spokeswoman Annette Josten said. The company had paid out $1.04 … [Read more...]
Postal Workers Sue Bayer Over Cipro
Cipro Harmful Side Effects. A group of U.S. Postal Service workers yesterday filed a lawsuit claiming they suffered harmful side effects from Cipro, an antibiotic they were given during the anthrax scare two years ago. The lawsuit charges that Bayer, which makes Cipro, failed to disclose data the drug could cause nerve and tendon … [Read more...]
Bayer On Trial in Corpus Christi
Bayer On Trial Over Anti-Cholesterol Drug. A lawsuit brought by an 82-year-old retired engineer has unearthed internal documents that provide a glimpse into how pharmaceutical giant Bayer handled safety warnings about a once-promising drug. Bayer says it acted responsibly by pulling the anti-cholesterol drug from the market in … [Read more...]
E-mails Put Bayer on the Spot
Bayer Cholesterol Drug On The Spot. Some Bayer officials were worried about growing reports of deaths associated with the company's anti-cholesterol drug 18 months before it was pulled from the market, newly disclosed company documents show. ''So much for keeping this quiet,'' Patricia Stenger, a manager in Bayer's scientific … [Read more...]
Local Residents Learn Effects of Cholesterol Drug
Cholesterol Drug Side Effects. Virginia Parrish ended up in the hospital about two months after she started taking a new cholesterol drug in 2000, but doctors were unable to diagnose what caused the weakness that left her unable to stand. Parrish, 80, said she suffered from muscle pain, weakness and a variety of other symptoms for … [Read more...]
Widow Sues Bayer Over Recalled Drug
Bayer Drug Are Being Recalled. A Rapid City woman has sued the makers of a cholesterol-lowering drug that was recalled four days after her husband died of complications consistent with its use. Pamela Sutterfield's federal court lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against Bayer Corp., GlaxoSmithKline and other parent companies on … [Read more...]
Eleven Sue Bayer Over Cold Drug, Joining Hundreds Nationwide
Bayer Cold Drug Are Being Recalled. Eleven people in seven states, including North Carolina, have sued Bayer Corp., saying they suffered strokes caused by a drug in an Alka-Seltzer product they used, joining nearly 700 people who are suing the Pittsburgh-based company in federal courts across the country. The plaintiffs say Bayer … [Read more...]
Bayer Faces 3,500 Drug Lawsuits
Bayer Anti-Cholesterol Drug Lawsuits. German drug maker Bayer said Monday it faces 3,500 lawsuits, many more than previously announced, over an anti-cholesterol drug withdrawn last year after it was linked to dozens of patient deaths worldwide. In August, the company had said it faced 2,000 claims regarding its once-lucrative … [Read more...]
Anthrax Drug Blamed For Lingering Ailments
Anthrax Drug Can Cause Lingering Ailments. For some American Media employees, veterans of last year's agonizing anthrax scare, it isn't over yet. A very small number of people say they continue to suffer physical problems that are both persistent and perplexing. They attribute those discomforts to the drug they were given to fight … [Read more...]
Bayer Legal Action Over Baycol Gathers Pace in US
Baycol Has Been Linked To Deaths. Bayer, of Germany, is facing an escalation of its legal problems as lawyers from more than 50 US firms gather in Chicago on Wednesday to co-ordinate their actions over Baycol, the cholesterol drug. The troubled chemicals and pharmaceuticals group also faces an investigation by the state prosecutor … [Read more...]
Pulled Drug May Be Linked to 52 Deaths
Pulled Drug Baycol Linked to 52 Deaths. Bayer AG said Monday that its Baycol anti-cholesterol drug may be linked to 52 deaths, five days after Germany's biggest drug maker announced a voluntary recall of the drug. The Leverkusen-based company said the deaths occurred following treatment with Baycol's active ingredient, … [Read more...]
