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Xarelto Settlement of $775 million Over Failure to Warn Claims

Xarelto Settlement of $775 million Over Failure to Warn Claims April 9, 2019. By Jane Mundy.
New Orleans: Thousands of patients who took Xarelto have settled, through multi-district litigation, with Johnson & Johnson and Bayer for three quarters of a billion dollars. Plaintiffs allege that the manufacturers marketed the drug to physicians to prevent blood clots, but failed to inform them of Xarelto side effects, which could cause life-threatening complications such as internal bleeding, stroke and death.
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First Xarelto Trial Stalled Over Allegations of Witness Tampering

First Xarelto Trial Stalled Over Allegations of Witness Tampering November 6, 2017. By Lucy Campbell.
Philadelphia, PA: Allegations of witness tampering have stalled the beginning of the Xarelto litigation. The first Xarelto trail was set to being Monday, November 6, but instead got sidelined by attempts to determine the significance of a meeting between a key witness, Dr. Timothy Aldridge, the plaintiff’s treating physician, and a Janssen sales representative.
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Xarelto Seeking FDA Approval for Lower Dosage While Litigation Posturing Continues

Xarelto Seeking FDA Approval for Lower Dosage While Litigation Posturing Continues August 5, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
Washington, DC: Towards the end of May plaintiffs embroiled in some 18,000 Xarelto lawsuits consolidated in multidistrict litigation were pushing back against a move by defendants Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson) and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Bayer) to escape claims that relied on allegations plaintiffs had previously dropped.
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Second Bellwether Xarelto Lawsuit Goes to Defendant, All Eyes on Third

Second Bellwether Xarelto Lawsuit Goes to Defendant, All Eyes on Third July 8, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
New Orleans, LA: The second bellwether Xarelto lawsuit in multidistrict litigation over allegations of Xarelto bleedout in association with the new age blood thinner has gone, like the first, to the defendant. While this may prove disappointing to litigants alleging the anticoagulant is unsafe, there are still two more bellwether trials to roll out later this year, with some 15,000 cases in the federal multidistrict litigation pipeline housed in New Orleans. Additional cases are percolating at the state level in Philadelphia.
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Forecasting the Xarelto Bellwether Trials

Forecasting the Xarelto Bellwether Trials June 12, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
New Orleans, LA: There is speculation that a bellwether Xarelto lawsuit, currently underway in the state of Louisiana, may end as the first bellwether concluded; with a verdict for the defense. However, legal commentator Tighe Wilhelmy of Velawcity notes that Louisiana’s ‘Learned Intermediary Doctrine Defense’ may not necessarily apply going forward to cases whose original jurisdictions fall outside the state of Louisiana.
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First Xarelto Bellwether Trial Goes to the Defense

First Xarelto Bellwether Trial Goes to the Defense May 12, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
New Orleans, LA: The long-anticipated first bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation for Xarelto side effects has gone to the defendants. Plaintiff Joseph Boudreaux’s trial commenced April 24 and all eyes were on the litigation as an indicator as to how other bellwether trials might go.
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Defendants on Philadelphia Xarelto Mass Tort Seek Disclosure of Third-Party Funding

Defendants on Philadelphia Xarelto Mass Tort Seek Disclosure of Third-Party Funding April 11, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
Philadelphia, PA: As the Philadelphia Xarelto mass tort moves closer towards the bellwether trial stage, Xarelto principles Bayer AG and Janssen Pharmaceuticals have signaled that they want to know the identity of any third-party funders associated with Xarleto bleeding issue lawsuits. In other words, the defendants want to know how plaintiffs are funded.
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Plaintiffs Looking for a Slam Dunk in First Xarelto Bellwether Trial This Month

Plaintiffs Looking for a Slam Dunk in First Xarelto Bellwether Trial This Month March 1, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
New Orleans, LA: It could be mere co-incidence, but on the eve of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All Star Game that served to delay Xarelto bellwether trials by a month, the manufacturers of Xarelto chose to highlight an aging NBA all-star player who expounds upon the virtues of rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and professes to use it himself. As such, a visit to the official Xarelto website showcases the former All-American player, rather than the potential for a Xarelto bleeding issue.
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Xarelto Bellwether Pushed Back by NBA All-Star Game

Xarelto Bellwether Pushed Back by NBA All-Star Game February 3, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
New Orleans, LA: The maiden bellwether Xarelto lawsuit was originally scheduled to commence this month, an important event given that the number of Xarelto Bleeding Issue cases now exceeds 10,000.
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First Xarelto Bellwether Trial Due in March, Others to Follow in 2017

First Xarelto Bellwether Trial Due in March, Others to Follow in 2017 January 6, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
Orleans, LA: The massive Xarelto lawsuit portfolio, currently with almost 14,000 cases pending in multidistrict litigation, will see its first bellwether trial roll out in March with additional bellwethers slated for April and May. Plaintiffs allege that Xarelto, a blood thinner, triggered Xarelto bleeding complications without benefit of an available antidote to reverse the blood thinning properties of the anticoagulant.
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