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With each new pharmaceutical lawsuit, new light is shed on the ever-blurring lines between consumer protection and the FDA.

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Not to mention the fading line between consumer safety and the ever-widening chasm of corporate greed, non-accountability and irresponsibility.

Pharmaceutical lawsuits are nothing new. What is new, and quite troubling however, is the ever-increasing size, scope, lethality and regularity with which new defective drug lawsuits are being introduced.

Perhaps most disturbing of all is the growing trend of MDL drug lawsuits being brought against pharmaceutical companies who are often shown to have been fully aware that their products had serious, even deadly side effects, but chose to ignore the human costs and market them anyway because of the multi-billion dollar profit potential. They just fail to provide adequate consumer warnings.

When did that become okay? Isn’t litigation meant to punish the offenders? If so, why does this trend seem to be gaining momentum instead of losing it? The all-too-obvious rationale is as outrageous as it is unconscionable; pursue the almighty dollar no matter the cost in human lives and suffering.

The pattern so far has been easy enough to spot; big pharmaceuticals earn tens of billions of dollars in profits by mass marketing a new drug for a few years and then write off the human losses and inevitable litigation expenses as simply the cost of doing business.

Historically, multi-billion-dollar litigation and settlement expenses tend to consume only a tiny fraction of a heavily-marketed pharmaceutical product’s overall profit run. So companies retain billions in profit after the dust settles; not much of an effective punishment or deterrent.

In addition, this provides zero incentive for pharmaceuticals companies to act responsibly or police themselves. To the contrary, it provides an enormous and clearly irresistible financial incentive to continue this despicable practice unabated.

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Purdue finally gets a judge to toss state AG's opioids case. Does it matter?  Reuters… Read more
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Purdue's Sackler family wants global opioids settlement: Sackler lawyer Mary Jo White  CNBC… Read more
Johnson & Johnson and Bayer agreed Monday to pay $775 million to settle almost 25,000 lawsuits in connection to blood thinner Xarelto. Each company will pay 50 percent of the settlement, according to The New York Times. The payment ends both state and federal cases — the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson jointly markets Xarelto with Bayer, which is based in Germany. Patients sued both companies, which failed to issue warnings regarding possible fatal bleeding episodes connected to taking Xarelto. Neither company accepted liability and actually won all six lawsuits that went to trial. “Even in the face of meritless allegations, and even while winning in court, complex litigation demands an enormous amount of time and resources,” the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson explained in a statement regarding the settlement…. Read more
Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle more than 25,000 U.S. lawsuits over their blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto for a total of $775 million, court documents on Monday showed. The amount will be shared equally between the two companies that jointly developed the drug. Bayer and J&J do not admit liability under the agreement. The settlement will resolve all pending U.S. lawsuits over Xarelto, which plaintiffs claimed causes uncontrollable and irreversible bleeding leading to severe injuries and even death among thousands of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs accused the drugmakers of having failed to warn about the bleeding risks, claiming their injuries could have been prevented had doctors and patients been provided adequate information…. Read more
KEY POINTS Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle more than 25,000 U.S. lawsuits over their blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto for a total of $775 million, court documents on Monday showed. The settlement will resolve all pending U.S. lawsuits over Xarelto, which plaintiffs claimed causes uncontrollable and irreversible bleeding leading to severe injuries and even death among thousands of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs accused the drugmakers of having failed to warn about the bleeding risks, claiming their injuries could have been prevented had doctors and patients been provided adequate information. Bayer and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle more than 25,000 U.S. lawsuits over their blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto for a total of $775 million, court documents on Monday showed. The amount will be shared equally between the two companies that jointly developed the drug. Bayer and J&J do not admit liability under the agreement. The settlement will… Read more
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