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birth defects
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
C.D.C. Reports 234 Pregnant Women in U.S. With Zika
New York Times (June 16, 2016): C.D.C. Reports 234 Pregnant Women in U.S. With Zika, by Sabrina Tavernise:The number of pregnant women infected with the Zika virus in the U.S.…
Drug & Device Law
So Long Zoloft MDL
The Zoloft MDL has finally collapsed. We started to see the writing on the wall in June 2014, when the MDL judge ruled that none of the plaintiffs’ experts could…
Mass Torts Law Blog
Zofran Birth Defect Cases Consolidated in Boston, Massachusetts
The United States Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPML) recently assembled to determine whether the cases known as In Re: Zofran (ondansetron) Products Liability Litigation should be given Multi-District Litigation…
Drug & Device Law
Preemption (and Other Things) Defanging Depakote Claims
By Bexis
It wasn’t a complete win, but the summary judgment outcome in Rheinfrank v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., ___ F. Supp.3d ___, 2015 WL 4743056 (S.D. Ohio Aug. 10, 2015), has to put a spring…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Postponement of Daubert Hearing in Zoloft Birth Defects Case
By Jared Fink
U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe or the Eastern District of Pennsylvania made the only call she could on Tuesday: the postponement of Daubert hearing in Zoloft birth defects case until…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Fifth Circuit Releases Reglan Manufacturers from Birth Defect Liability
By Jared Fink
In an unpublished opinion file on April 9, the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit affirmed a previous decision in one of the Reglan generics cases, Whitener v. Pliva,…
Drug & Device Law
Result-Driven Affirmance of Birth Defect Verdict
We have said it before – birth defect cases are hard. Juries and judges are sympathetic where the individual whose health is at issue had no say in the matter. We have…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2014 – Birth defects risk increased 250% with Depacon / Depakene / Depakote
By Jared Fink
In recent years, dozens of studies have been published illustrating an increased risk for birth defects linked to antiepileptic drugs containing sodium valproate such as Depacon, Depakene, and Depakote. While…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Risk for birth defects 47% higher with prenatal exposure to Depacon, Depakene, or Depakote
By Jared Fink
In January of last year, a team of researchers led by E. Campbell published an article in Epilepsia titled “Recurrence risk of congenital malformations in infants exposed to antiepileptic drugs…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Study shows: Depacon lifts risk for autism 300%
By Jared Fink
Today, I found another article by G. Veiby and a team from The University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway that demonstrates the danger posed to children exposed to valproate in…