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Santa Clara, CA: Allegations of injury have been made against the makers of Celect vena cava filters including a defective products lawsuit. [Original Article]

Santa Clara, CA: In the latest talcum powder lawsuit, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered to pay $417 million in damages to a woman who claimed she developed terminal ovarian cancer after using the company's talc-based products such as Johnson's Baby Powder. [Original Article]

Santa Clara, CA: Mylan has agreed to pay $465 million to settle fraud claims that it underpaid rebates for the EpiPen, which amounts to stealing from the government federal authorities claimed. The lawsuit, alleging violations of the False Claims Act, was possible due to Sanofi acting as a [Original Article]

Santa Clara, CA: Following five reports of patient deaths that occurred within a month or less of placement of liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an updated alert. [Original Article]

Santa Clara, CA: Endo International PLC has announced that it will settle “virtually all known” AMS transvaginal mesh product liability lawsuits. This includes lawsuits in the US and internationally. [Original Article]

Under the SEC Whistleblower program, a successful whistleblower lawsuit can award a whistleblower of 10-30 percent of the amount the SEC recovers in sanctions, depending upon the quality of information provided to defraud government. Since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implemented the Whistleblower Program, it has seen a considerable increase in complaints. The program also protects whistleblower rights and prohibits retaliation. Blowing the whistle can get very complicated, so if you plan to “blow the whistle’, first seek advice from a whistleblower attorney. If you wait too long or go to the FBI alone, there is a chance that you could miss a claim and whistleblower award, or even worse, risk being found complicit in the fraud. [Original Article]

Santa Clara, CA: A $300 million settlement has been reached between makers of the Benicar, Forest Laboratories Inc., and Daiichi Sankyo Inc., and about 2,300 plaintiffs in multi-district litigation (MDL) that claims the blood pressure drug caused gastrointestinal injuries. [Original Article]

Las demandas se están archivando contra la filial de Johnson & Johnson Ethicon las cuales alegan que su malla compuesta flexible de Physiomesh es un producto defectuoso. La malla abdominal, que se utiliza en cirugías de hernia laparoscópica, se ha relacionado con tasas de retiro de mercado superiores a la normal de otros productos de malla de hernia quirúrgica. Ethicon anunció un retiro de la malla compuesta flexible de Physiomesh después de que los pacientes sufrieran numerosos efectos secundarios adversos de la hernia, incluyendo cirugías de retiro de mallas hérnicas. Los abogados de Physiomesh están investigando las quejas de Ethicon en todo el país, y se ha presentado una demanda colectiva contra Ethicon Physiomesh en Canadá. [Original Article]