Search Results: Actos Drug Injury
$2.4 Billion Settlement Offered to Actos® Drug Injury Lawsuit Plaintiffs
Actos® is a drug that can treat diabetes, but studies show that the drug may significantly increase the chances of patients developing bladder cancer. Unfortunately, the risk wasn’t communicated to many patients who took the drug. As a result, patients who developed bladder cancer after taking Actos filed drug injury lawsuits against the manufacturer of (more...)
Top Three Causes of Drug Injuries
December 31, 2013 There are numerous ways medications can cause harm to a patient’s health, but most drug injuries fall into one of three different categories. The Drug Injury Attorneys with Ferrer Poirot Feller explain the three most common types of drug injuries in the United States today include those caused by: Contamination– Medications can (more...)
Texas Woman Files Actos Drug Injury Lawsuit After Developing Bladder Cancer
July 17, 2012 In the wake of research finding an increased risk of bladder cancer in patients who took the diabetes drug Actos, thousands of drug injury claims have been filed across the country. According to a press release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, patients who take the drug have a 40 percent greater chance (more...)