A cancer associated with textured breast implants appears to be more common than health officials originally thought. In January, a report from Health Canada noted…
Category: Dangerous Drugs & Devices
California Court Hits J&J with $344 Million in Damages for Lying About Pelvic Mesh Risks
For 17 years, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) lied to doctors and patients about the safety of their transvaginal mesh products. As more and more women…
Why Allergan Textured Breast Implants Are Causing Cancer
It’s not unusual for the topic of breast implants to make the news — after all, many people regularly tune into TMZ and ‘Inside Edition,’…
Zantac Recalls Continue as More Generics are Pulled from Shelves
Last year, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had become aware of toxic impurities in a popular heartburn medication, it triggered…
Johnson & Johnson to Pay Man $8 Billion in Lawsuit Alleging He Developed Breasts From Using Risperdal®
In the latest of bad legal news for Johnson & Johnson (J&J), the company is being ordered to pay $8 Billion in damages to a…
Landmark Trial Finds Johnson & Johnson Liable for Role in Fueling Opioid Epidemic
In a first for the United States, a court has ruled that a drug manufacturer is responsible for fueling and escalating the opioid epidemic that's…
FDA Issues Box Warnings for Pfizer Drugs Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR
On July 26, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an official safety communication requiring a boxed health warning to be included on…
Textured Breast Implants Recalled by Allergan — FDA Says They Are Linked to a Rare Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that Allergan recall specific BIOCELL textured breast implants from the global market. The agency said that the…
Was 20-Year-Old’s Hemorrhagic Stroke Caused by JUUL Addiction?
After suffering a massive hemorrhagic stroke at age 20, a Connecticut man is suing JUUL Labs, the maker of America’s most popular e-cigarette. He alleges…
