Pharmaceutical companies have made billions, if not trillions, of dollars providing medication to this country's population. Ill or injured people here in Ohio and across the country take a variety of prescription drugs every day for both acute and chronic conditions....
Pharmaceutical Litigation
Bayer says it will remove Essure from the market after FDA action
Many women across the country, and here in Ohio, know that they are not ready to have children. They use any number of forms of birth control in order to avoid pregnancy. Many birth control devices and medications come with significant risks even with the approval of...
Overprescribing opioids continues here in Ohio despite dangers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has the ability to track prescriptions to Medicaid participants. The agency used this data to track the over-prescribing of opioids here in Ohio from June 2016 through May 2017. The results were alarming.Everyone in the...
Another drug recall announced by the Food and Drug Administration
Many of the medications manufactured and prescribed in this country expand the lives of millions of people across the country. It is the job of the Food and Drug Administration to make sure that those medications cause no unnecessary harm to patients. Unfortunately,...
Food and Drug Administration announces recall of Naloxone
It would be difficult for Ohio residents to read any online news without reading about the opioid crisis going on in the country. People are overdosing and suffering from addictions at an alarming rate. When a patient comes in who appears to be overdosing on opioids,...
Food and Drug Administration warns of salmonella danger
Numerous consumer products that find their way to consumers here in Ohio and elsewhere end up contaminated with bacteria such as listeria, E. coli and salmonella. Currently, the Food and Drug Administration is attempting to contain an outbreak of salmonella poisoning...
Pharmaceutical litigation news: Opioid deaths continue to rise
Calling the opioid epidemic a crisis may be an understatement. Each year, the number of deaths attributed to these dangerous drugs continues to rise. Pharmaceutical companies marketed these medications as safe, but the reality turned out to be much different for...
Pharmaceutical litigation against opioid manufactures is rising
No matter where you go in the country, including here in Ohio, a certain percentage of the population has a problem with addiction to opioids. This nationwide epidemic is wreaking havoc on people's lives, and many are looking to manufacturers to take...
Fatal drug injuries lawsuit settled for $325,000
Often, pharmaceutical litigation involves medications that were rushed to market before they were completely safe, endangering the public in the interest of profits for big drug companies. Sometimes, however, lawsuits involve more personal cases, such as instances of...
Have you been affected by the opioid epidemic?
For many years, drug companies have lied about the dangers of opioid medications. In their greedy efforts to earn riches from the multi-billion-dollar drug industry, hundreds of thousands of people have become addicted to these powerful painkillers.Drug overdose is...