Actos Lawsuits Timeline
Actos Can Cause Bladder Cancer. Actos, known generically as pioglitazone, is a medication used to treat patients with Type 2 diabetes. Takeda Pharmaceutical and Eli Lilly gained approval to sell the drug in the United States in 1999, although the drug is now solely manufactured by Takeda in the US. Actos is part of the … [Read more...]
Controversial Diabetes Drug Actos Still on the Market
Though research has shown an association between the type 2 diabetes drug Actos and serious side effects including bladder cancer, heart failure, liver failure, and bone fractures, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stopped short of recalling Actos. Actos (pioglitazone) has been pulled from the market in Germany, France, … [Read more...]
