The federal judge in Florida presiding over Zantac multidistrict litigation (MDL) has denied requests by former manufacturers of the discontinued heartburn drug to dismiss a class action over the drug’s marketing and the severe health problems it has allegedly caused in tens of thousands of plaintiffs.

Judge Robin Rosenberg ruled…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of all medical devices marketed in the United States. To do this effectively, the FDA has introduced multiple pathways to approve a product: Premarket Approval, De Novo Classification, and the 510(k) approval process.

A 510(k) approval…

A case in the nation’s largest multidistrict litigation — 3M’s Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) — has resulted in the most decisive plaintiff victory in four bellwether trials and marks the third case 3M has lost.

On Oct. 1, a jury in the Northern District of Florida found that…

An executive of CVS Health Corporation, which owns nearly 10,000 CVS pharmacies throughout the nation, told a Cleveland, Ohio jury on Oct. 5 that there were no systemic problems in the CVS Pharmacy chain that allowed the opioid crisis to spread through the retail giant’s stores.

The federal opioid lawsuit…

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been known to be hazardous to consumer health since their introduction in the 1940s. PFAS is not a single product, but rather an entire class of synthetic chemicals that are used in a variety of products.

PFAS, also known as the “forever chemicals,” are…

In order to make nursing home residents more docile and therefore easier to manage, many nursing homes are falsely diagnosing their residents with schizophrenia. The troubling nationwide trend was revealed by a New York Times investigation.

Since 2012, the year that the federal government began disclosing prescribing records of individual…

With the release and U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the COVID-19 vaccine, many people are learning for the first time about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). …

Dalton, a city in northern Georgia produces almost 90% of the world’s carpet. To make carpets stain-resistant and fire-retardant, carpet manufacturers use PFAS chemicals, which are often referred to as “forever chemicals” because many of these synthetic compounds do not degrade in the environment and accumulate in human tissues.

In…