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FDA Black Box Warning Adds Fuel to Invokana Lawsuits

FDA Black Box Warning Adds Fuel to Invokana Lawsuits June 24, 2017. By Brenda Craig.

Philadelphia, PA Final results from two independent clinical trials indicate the amputation risk for users of the Type 2 Diabetes drug Canagliflozin, marketed as Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR, are much greater than previously understood.


The FDA was so concerned about the information the studies provided that it moved immediately to ensure consumers are warned about the increased risk of leg and foot amputations through a Boxed Warning label on all Invokana prescriptions.


“I think the fact that the independent clinical trials lead to a situation where the FDA went straight to a black box warning, its highest level of scrutiny, just shows how important and how critical this information is to the public,” says Brian J. McCormick Jr., a Philadelphia attorney from the firm of Ross Feller Casey.


To McCormick, Jr. the studies confirm and add significant weight to the many personal injury claims he and his firm are bringing forward on behalf of diabetic Americans that allege they have been injured as a result of using Invokana to control their Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.


The studies (CANVAS Canagliflozin Cardiovascular Assessment Study) and the CANVAS-R (A Study of the Effects of Canagliflozin on Renal Endpoints in Adult Participants with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) showed, according to a FDA website safety warning (May 2017), that leg and foot amputation occurred about twice as often in patients treated with Canagliflozin compared to patients taking a placebo.


“It is a terrible progression for some of these patients,” says McCormick. “They go in and they have a diabetic foot ulcer and they don’t how bad it is. They have one amputation and then they go back and have another toe removed – and next thing they know they have half their foot removed.”


According to the FDA safety communication on May 15, 2017, “Amputations of the toe and middle of the foot were the most common; however, amputations involving the leg, below and above the knee, also occurred. Some patients had more than one amputation, some involving both limbs.”


“Our firm is investigating both Ketoacidosis cases and we are also investigating amputation cases,” says McCormick. “We have a number of clients we are working with and I think at the end of the day what this new information shows, and will show in court, is that Johnson & Johnson did know that this risk existed and chose not to do anything about it.”


Canagliflozin is licensed for sale in North America by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The drug is designed to be used in combination with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar levels in Type 2 diabetes patients. The drug is a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor that causes sugar to be eliminated through the urine.


Invokana was first approved for sale by the FDA in March 2015. Within three months the FDA had 100 reports of Ketoacidosis and kidney damage in Invokana users. In May 2015, the FDA ordered the label contain a Ketoacidosis warning. By 2016, the FDA had added possible kidney damage to the Invokana warnings. In May 2017, it added increased risk of amputation.


“Some of these patients are otherwise healthy but for this terrible injury all of a sudden. They have been on this drug for a few months, or perhaps a few years and now they are seeing this Box Warning and putting two and two together,” McCormick says. “All of a sudden this is happening. No one told them about this and it would have changed how they handled their diabetes.”


The Invokana lawsuits have been consolidated in an MDL in New Jersey. The cases are going through case management process with discovery expected at a later date. It will be some time before the cases go to trial.
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Fighting Back Against the High Cost of Insulin

Fighting Back Against the High Cost of Insulin March 5, 2017. By Brenda Craig.
Seattle, WA It’s almost a century since two Canadian researchers discovered insulin could save the lives of diabetics. They believed that no one should profit from their remarkable discovery and sold the patent to the University of Toronto for $1. Changes to the production of insulin and expiring patents have changed all that. Today, insulin is big business.
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Invokana Goes to Court in Canada

Invokana Goes to Court in Canada March 24, 2016. By Brenda Craig.
Scarborough, ON: Rosalba Joudry had been prescribed a drug called Invokana to help deal with the high glucose levels related to her type 2 diabetes. She had been using the drug for several months when she saw an American TV commercial about a class-action suit filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Janssen’s new, preeminent diabetes drug had been linked to cases of ketoacidosis or kidney failure, and even death, in users of Invokana, and affected users had joined together in a lawsuit.
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FDA Warning Prompts Invokana Lawsuit Investigation

FDA Warning Prompts Invokana Lawsuit Investigation August 11, 2015. By Heidi Turner.
Dallas, TX It’s been only two years since Invokana was approved to treat type 2 diabetes, but in that time the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 450 adverse event reports involving Invokana side effects. Now, attorneys are investigating possible Invokana lawsuits, noting that at least one serious side effect is not yet mentioned on the drug’s label.
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Big Trial Coming for Diabetes Drug Byetta

Big Trial Coming for Diabetes Drug Byetta September 23, 2013. By Brenda Craig.
Los Angeles, CA: More than seven million prescriptions have been written in the US for a diabetes drug called Byetta, and this coming November, all eyes will focus on a California court case that alleges that its use triggered acute pancreatitis in five individuals and led to the death of two others.
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Proving the Case - Pancreatic Cancer Patients Point Finger at Diabetes Drugs

Proving the Case - Pancreatic Cancer Patients Point Finger at Diabetes Drugs August 23, 2013. By Brenda Craig.
Philadelphia, PA Health regulators in the US, Canada and Europe have shown they are far from ready to curtail sales or change the labels on any of the widely used type 2 diabetes medications that may or may not have a causal link to increased rates of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
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Januvia Attorney: Januvia Lawsuits Moving Ahead

Januvia Attorney: Januvia Lawsuits Moving Ahead April 20, 2013. By Heidi Turner.
Dallas, TXJanuvia lawsuits, alleging patients suffered serious Januvia side effects, are moving ahead, with a motion filed for the lawsuits to be consolidated into a multidistrict litigation. Despite the movement in the litigation, Shezad Malik, medical doctor and founder of the Dr. Shezad Malik Law Firm, says it is not too late for patients to join lawsuits. In fact, he anticipates many more lawsuits involving Januvia and pancreatic cancer to be filed.
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Diabetes Drug Lawsuit Update: Actos, Byetta, Januvia

Diabetes Drug Lawsuit Update: Actos, Byetta, Januvia April 12, 2013. By Heidi Turner.
Miami, FL Although they are designed to treat Type 2 diabetes, some diabetes medications are involved in lawsuits working their way through the court system. Lawsuits alleging Actos side effects, Januvia side effects and Byetta side effects have been filed by plaintiffs who claim they were harmed by their use of the drugs. According to Ben Stewart, attorney at Stewart Law PLLC, each of the drugs is in a different stage of the litigation process.
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Januvia Studies Link Medication to Serious Side Effects

Januvia Studies Link Medication to Serious Side Effects March 8, 2013. By Heidi Turner.
Miami, FL A new study examining Januvia has some critics arguing that patients should talk to their doctor about the risk of Januvia side effects. Although no Januvia lawsuits have been filed, Ben Stewart, attorney at Stewart Law Group PLLC, says he expects lawsuits will be filed in the next few months, alleging patients suffered serious side effects - including thyroid and pancreatic cancer- as a result of using Januvia.
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