Gazal v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, et al.
Wife, suing on behalf of her deceased husband, (plaintiff) filed tort claims and a breach of warranty claim against pharmaceutical companies, alleging that the prescription Mirapex that husband used to...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission v. Lundbeck, Inc.
The FTC sued Lundbeck, Inc., alleging that its acquisition of the drug NeoProfen violated the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq., the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1-7, the Clayton Act, 15...
View ArticleBazzi v. Tyco Healthcare Group
Appellant sued his former employer, alleging that it wrongfully terminated his employment by violating Missouri's public policy exception to the state's at-will employment doctrine. Appellant alleged...
View ArticleUnited States v. Yielding
Defendant was found guilty of two federal offenses: one count of aiding and abetting a violation of the so-called Medicare anti-kickback statute, in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(b)(2) and 18 U.S.C....
View ArticleRick, et al. v. Wyeth, Inc., et al.
Plaintiffs, citizens of New York, sued pharmaceutical companies (defendants) in New York state court claiming that defendants' hormone replacement therapy drugs caused plaintiffs to develop breast...
View ArticleRidenour, et al. v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.
Plaintiff filed suit against BIP alleging tort claims based upon BIP's marketing and sales of pramiprexole, a drug commonly prescribed as Mirapex. Plaintiff took Mirapex from 2002 to 2007 to treat...
View ArticlePublic Pension Fund Group, et al. v. KV Pharmaceutical Co., et al.
Plaintiffs, groups of investors who purchased the securities of KV, brought this class action lawsuit alleging that KV and some of its individual officers committed securities fraud. Plaintiffs alleged...
View ArticleSchedin v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Plaintiff sued OMJP and others for failing to warn adequately of the risk of tendon rupture in patients who, like plaintiff, were elderly and taking concomitant corticosteroids. A jury found OMJP...
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