by Vickery & Shepherd | Feb 9, 2018 | Drug Injury, lawsuits, Product Liability, Uncategorized
Vickery & Shepherd is currently investigating the connection between OCALIVA, its 2016 and 2018 labels, and liver injuries and death in patients. This investigation was initiated by the FDA’s recent January 2018 safety communication to healthcare providers and...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Jan 22, 2014 | Captain's Corner, Drug Injury, lawsuits, Product Liability, Uncategorized
On January 21, 2014, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made it clear that pharmaceutical companies who are negligent in their design or marketing of drug products will be held accountable under the law. The drug company in Lance v. Wyeth argued that the only two bases...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Sep 17, 2013 | Drug Injury, Product Liability, Recalls
According to a Bloomberg article, Johnson & Johnson issued a recall last week of 5,000 vials of their schizophrenia drug Risperdal Consta. The recall was issued after, “routine analysis showed one lot of the injected drug was contaminated with alternaria...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Aug 22, 2013 | Drug Injury, News
August 22, 2013 – Late yesterday, Cook County Illinois Judge William J. Haddad denied Abbott Laboratories’ and Abbvie, Inc.’s motion for a new trial and to set aside the verdict in the case of Tietz v. Abbott. This case, involving North Dakota woman Delores Tietz and...
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