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Cancer-fighting foods
Posted on April 10th, 2012
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Living a healthy lifestyle and eating a well-balanced diet full of plant food is not only beneficial for your waistline, but it can also help to lower your risk of cancer. Some foods that can help to stop cancer from growing include tomatoes, raw carrots and cruciferous vegetables. Tomatoes include lycopene that help to prevent [...]
Judge assigns 19 lawyers to oversee Actos cases
Posted on March 26th, 2012
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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 [...]
Actos: Whistleblower in case alleges officials hid bladder cancer risks
Posted on March 12th, 2012
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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 [...]
Screening tests for bladder cancer
Posted on March 5th, 2012
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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 [...]
Takeda’s new anemia treatment in review by EMA
Posted on March 1st, 2012
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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. [...]
Federal judge moving quickly on Actos lawsuits
Posted on February 24th, 2012
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A federal judge is moving quickly on the litigation for the hundreds of lawsuits that claim that a popular diabetes drug caused patients to develop bladder cancer. Those who have already filed their lawsuits are getting closer and closer to be heard in court, but lawyers are still helping those that are just coming forward [...]
Judge schedules first Actos hearing
Posted on February 16th, 2012
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A judge in Louisiana has now scheduled the first hearing against the makers of the Type 2 diabetes medication, Actos. The initial court hearing is for the group of lawsuits that claim that the use of Actos caused an increased risk of bladder cancer. Plaintiffs are expected to file thousands of lawsuits against the pharmaceutical [...]
Man seeks damages from Takeda after developing bladder cancer from Actos
Posted on February 9th, 2012
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A man from Houma has filed a lawsuit claiming that his diabetes medication caused him to develop bladder cancer. The man is now seeking compensation from the drug maker, Takeda Pharmaceuticals after he contracted bladder cancer from the Type II diabetes medication, Actos. The lawsuit stated that the man used Actos for over a year [...]
Three couples file Actos lawsuits against Takeda
Posted on February 2nd, 2012
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Three Illinois couples have filed Actos lawsuits against the drugmaker, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. The lawsuits claims that the company knew of side effects associated with the drug and failed to warn patients. According to the lawsuit, the three men stated that they took Actos everyday in in order to treat their type 2 diabetes and [...]
Lawsuits against Actos are expected to reach over a thousand
Posted on January 30th, 2012
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Lawsuits against Actos, a type 2 diabetes medication, claim that the use of this drug for over a year has caused bladder cancer. Officials close to this case have stated that the number of lawsuits in this case are expected to reach in the thousands and the lawsuits have now been centralized in the Western [...]
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