PPH Legal Blog

Over a dozen new Avandia lawsuits were filed in late August, after many more people have suffered the dangerous effects of Avandia, a drug meant to treat diabetes. The new lawsuits have one common claim - patients were never warned about the dangerous effects of the drug.
Many people have developed a heart condition known as […]

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Lany Standford, a type 2 diabetic, died after suffering a heart attack in May, 2007. He had been prescribed Avandia to regulate his insulin levels; however, the drug turned out to be more dangerous than the condition it was meant to treat.
Stanford’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline. According to […]

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The United States Food and Drug Administration has been investigating the drug Avandia for some time now. In early 2008, the FDA issued a warning letter to the drug’s manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, for postmarketing safety reporting failures.
The large manufacturer claims that any information that was withheld was done so by mistake. GlaxoSmithKline states that the missing […]

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GlaxoSmithKline, Europe’s largest drugmaker, failed to release results of diabetes pill Avandia after it was linked to potentially fatal side effects, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  The FDA claims the omissions are “serious and may be symptomatic of underlying post-marketing safety reporting failures.”  The FDA claims it was never told about the […]

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A lawsuit has been filed in a federal district court in Texarkana alleging that GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia, is engaged in persistent fraud by misrepresenting, concealing or failing to disclose information regarding the safety and effectiveness of Avandia.
The lawsuit was filed by a woman from Texas and a man from Arkansas. They are specifically […]

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