Plavix Lawsuits and Settlements Timeline
Plavix Lawsuits And Settlements. Plavix is a blood thinning medication used to reduce the risk of blood clots that can lead to heart attack and stroke. It is prescribed to patients who are at high risk for cardiovascular events. When the drug was launched by Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1997, it was touted as a superior … [Read more...]
Fosamax and Bisphosphonate Lawsuits and Settlements Timeline
Fosamax Lawsuits Settlement Timeline. Fosamax (alendronate) is part of a class of medications known as bisphosphonates, which are used to fight bone loss from conditions such as osteoporosis and Paget’s disease. Medications such as Actonel, Boniva and Reclast are also in the bisphosphonate class. Although these drugs are … [Read more...]
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...]
Bausch & Lomb with Respect to Knowledge of Eye Infections
Eye Infections Linked To ReNu With MoistureLoc Lens Solutions. No sooner had the ink dried on a Wall Street Journal report that Bausch & Lomb had learned of eye infections linked to its ReNu With Moisture-Loc from Hong Kong health officials in November 2005, than the timeline was moved backward yet again. While Bausch & … [Read more...]