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On September 18, 2017, pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG announced they are terminating the sale of their permanent birth control device Essure in all markets outside of the U.S. The decision comes after years of global controversy and lawsuits directed towards the device as thousands of women and their doctors have accused the contraceptive of causing severe negative side effects, even death. Prior to...

A well-trusted household product potentially causes fatal results. Over the course of the past decade, there has been an alarmingly increased amount of individuals sourcing the diagnoses of ovarian cancer to a product that for ages has been an essential for many women and children: talcum powder. Several talcum powder manufacturers, including Johnson and Johnson, are facing personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits due to...

A hernia occurs when a small piece or loop of abdominal content protrudes out of its normal location in the body through a weakened portion of the muscle wall. There are different types of hernias and they often times occur in the belly button. Over 200,000 people in the United States suffer from hernias each year. Treatments for hernias range from close monitoring to surgery to...

Last week, a lawsuit was filed against Cook Medical after allegations were made that their product, the Celect Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter caused injury to a patient in California. The victim, named Mary F., had the IVC filter placed into her inferior vena cava to prevent a blood clot from traveling to her lungs in 2013. The victim suffered a pulmonary...

This December, pharmaceutical giants Bayer and Johnson & Johnson were ordered to pay almost $30 million in a lawsuit involving their blood-thinning product, Xarelto. The payout was awarded to a couple from Indiana after a woman suffered severe internal bleeding as a result of using Xarelto. Both Johnson & Johnson and Bayer were accused of failing to provide sufficient warning...

If all the email forwards and social media posts are to be believed, then almost all medications, from over-the-counter painkillers to prescription antibiotics and birth control pills, are conspiring to make you sicker. Actually, drugs must go through a rigorous testing process before they are approved for sale in the United States. The Kefauver Harris Amendment of 1962 requires the FDA to...

Last month, a woman was awarded over $3 million after sustaining injuries from an IVC filter. The verdict comes almost four years after she initially suffered complications from the medical device. Jurors found the manufacturer 80% responsible for the device complications. According to Drugwatch, Sherr-Una Booker had an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter implanted on June 21, 2007, to prevent blood...

Today, April 9th, the United States Food and Drug Administration has issued an order to restrict the sale and distribution of the Essure contraceptive device. According to the FDA’s website, the institution released this order “to ensure all women considering the use of the permanent contraception device are provided with adequate risk information so that they can make informed decisions.” The...

Onglyza and Kombiglyze are two name-brand medications used to combat type 2 diabetes. Both products have the same active ingredient, Saxagliptin. Saxagliptin belongs to a group of diabetes medications called DPP-44 inhibitors. It works by increasing the amount of incretin available in the body. Incretin is a hormone that is released by the intestines that work to raise insulin levels when blood...

Announced today, July 20, 2018, Bayer will phase out the Essure birth control device in the United States by the year’s end. The Essure device had already been taken off the shelves worldwide after Bayer’s announcement in September 2017. Doctors, however, will be able to use the devices during 2019. They will be asked to return the unused devices by the...