UK Warns of Pancreatitis, Deaths Tied to Obesity Drugs Wegovy, Mounjaro January 30, 2026 By Naomi Kresge The UK warned some patients have died of severe inflammation of the pancreas linked to obesity and diabetes drugs such...
Japanese Authorities Inspect Second Kobayashi Pharma Factory After Deaths April 2, 2024 Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan on Sunday after the company reported five deaths possibly...
French Drugmaker Servier Appeals 2021 Convictions Connected to Weight-Loss Pill January 9, 2023 French drugmaker Servier on Monday launched its appeal against manslaughter and deception convictions handed down by a Paris court in...
FDA Halts Vaccine Manufacturing at Plant Where Doses Were Wasted April 19, 2021 By Manas Mishra and Ankur Banerjee The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Emergent BioSolutions Inc. to halt producing new materials for COVID-19 vaccines until...
Supreme Court Sends Merck Warning Label Case Back to Lower Court May 21, 2019 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Merck & Co. a new opportunity to avoid lawsuits accusing the company of...
Lawyers Expect Wave of Litigation Targeting Popular Heart Drugs April 24, 2019 By Anna Edney and Margaret Cronin Fisk Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against drug makers and sellers over widely prescribed generic heart medications tainted with potential...
2nd Chinese Manufacturer Makes Tainted, Carcinogenic Heart Drug: EU August 10, 2018 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday that a second Chinese contract manufacturer, Zhejiang Tianyu, had produced a common...
China Recalls Defective Vaccines Exported to Overseas Markets August 9, 2018 Investigators in China have begun recalling defective vaccines produced by a Chinese drugmaker from domestic and overseas markets, health authorities...
Jury Finds AbbVie Not Liable in AndroGel Injury Suit January 29, 2018 By Nate Raymond A federal jury in Chicago on Friday found AbbVie Inc. not liable in a lawsuit by an Arizona man who...
Judge Nixes $28 Million Xarelto Jury Award in Victory for Bayer, J&J January 10, 2018 By Nate Raymond and Tina Bellon A Pennsylvania state court judge on Tuesday overturned a $27.8 million jury award to an Indiana couple who accused Bayer...