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Judge assigns 19 lawyers to oversee Actos cases

Posted on March 26th, 2012 No Comments

The judge in the Actos case has now assigned 19 plaintiff’s lawyers to help with the litigation process for the U.S. lawsuits. These lawsuits have been filed against the makers of Actos, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and claim that the company withheld information about the medication causing an increased risk of bladder cancer. Actos, is a prescription [...]

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Takeda may face more than 10,000 Actos lawsuits

Posted on March 19th, 2012 No Comments

The largest drugmaker in Asia, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, may now face nearly 10,000 lawsuits over the Type 2 diabetes medication, Actos. The cases were consolidated in December and the first hearings are set to be heard in March. These lawsuits claim that Actos increased their risk of developing bladder cancer when used for over a year. [...]

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Actos: Whistleblower in case alleges officials hid bladder cancer risks

Posted on March 12th, 2012 No Comments

A U.S. District Judge has recently made the order to unseal a whistleblower case of the former medical reviewer for Takeda Pharmaceuticals involving the failure to report bladder cancer risks from the use of the popular Type 2 diabetes medication, Actos. The whistleblower is a doctor and former safety reviewer for Takeda who worked to [...]

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Screening tests for bladder cancer

Posted on March 5th, 2012 No Comments

Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer that women and men are diagnosed with. Each year, there are 71,000 new cases and 14,000 deaths. Risk factors for bladder cancer include occupational exposure, smoking and being exposed to certain infections from parasites and having a family history of bladder cancer. Also, men have higher diagnosed [...]

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Takeda’s new anemia treatment in review by EMA

Posted on March 1st, 2012 No Comments

A new anemia drug developed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals has been accepted for review by the European Medicines Agency. The new drug is designed to be taken once a month for patients with anemia from chronic kidney disease and was discovered by Affymax. If approved by the EMA, Takeda will market the product solely in Europe. [...]

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