Ashley Lombardo

By Ashley Lombardo Legal action against pharmaceutical giant, Bayer AG, has highlighted the dangers of Essure, a permanent contraception device linked to a number of side effects. The Essure lawsuit, filed by a woman named Christina Barreiros, states that Bayer hid safety information about the dangers of the device instead of acting in the patient's best interest. Essure’s Side Effects Essure is a permanent birth control device made from nickel and titanium metals.

By Ashley Lombardo On Tuesday, a Philadelphia jury awarded a $28 million verdict to a woman who developed gastrointestinal bleeding while taking the popular blood thinner Xarelto. Though many have claimed similar injuries, this Xarelto verdict is the first of its kind. Manufactured and distributed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Xarelto is used by more than 30 million patients in 130 countries to treat and prevent life-threatening blood clots.

By Ashley Lombardo More than 50 Invokana lawsuits related to the controversial diabetes drug have been consolidated in a U.S. District Court of New Jersey. On Dec. 7, 2016, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered the cases be joined into a multidistrict legislation (MDL). The transfer order also includes lawsuits regarding Invokamet, another version of the type II diabetes drug.