On June 1 an Illinois state court will hear a highly-anticipated trial over the alleged risk of Parkinson’s disease supposedly associated with exposure to the herbicide Paraquat. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit Thomas and Diana Hoffman claim Thomas Hoffman developed Parkinson’s disease after decades of…
In the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Biomet Inc. failed in its bid to undo the latest verdict against the company regarding its defective M2a Magnum hip prosthesis. The $3.55 million verdict had gone to Lori Nicholson, an Iowa woman who…
In February 2020 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication for the weight-loss drug Belviq. According to the FDA, studies show that Belviq increases the risk of certain types of cancers. In response Easai Inc., the manufacturer of Belviq/Belviq XR, agreed to voluntarily withdraw the drugs…
Beech-Nut Nutrition is the latest target in lawsuits filed over potentially dangerous heavy metals in the baby food it makes. It comes in the wake of a scathing congressional report which uncovered internal documents from several companies revealing potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals in…
Early this year the online pharmacy Valisure released a study supporting links between the once-popular heartburn medicine Zantac and cancer. The study suggested that Zantac and other ranitidine drugs can cause the suspected cancer agent N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) to form under a range of conditions, including in…
On February 4 a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform issued a scathing report alleging baby food manufacturers were marketing products they knew contained “dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals.” A statement from the subcommittee’s chairman, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, said,…
In the fall of 2019 the USDA reported on the existence of NDMA in Zantac and generic ranitidine products Several months later an order was issued requiring the recall of every single ranitidine drug on the market. The discovery of this contaminent in Zantac was…
The distressing discovery of NDMA in Zantac has brought class-action lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs who claim the companies knew of the presence of NDMA in the medication yet did not disclose that information to the FDA. In the United States District Court’s Southern District…
Sun Pharma became the seventh and latest manufacturer to join the metformin recall parade after finding high levels of a potential cancer-causing contaminant NDMA. The company announced in late September it was voluntarily recalling 1 lot of its metformin hydrochloride for extended-release (ER) oral suspension…
A man who developed bladder cancer after taking Zantac for nearly 30 years is suing the drug’s manufacturers, saying they knew the product was dangerous yet kept it on the market. The filing claims the plaintiff’s cancer was caused by N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a potent carcinogen…
