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Women who were allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh implants can apply to set aside two approved settlements against Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific worth $405 million.
Medical device maker Bayer has successfully defended a class action over its Essure contraceptive, with a judge finding the evidence fell short of proving the device caused chronic inflammation.
US drug company Allergan is facing a class action on behalf of women implanted with textured breast implants that were recalled after they were linked to a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
A judge has approved a settlement in a class action against Monsanto under which group members will get nothing, after he rejected claims that the company's Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic.
The law firm running a class action against Exactech over allegedly faulty joint implants is facing the "impossible task" of settling the case by January, the "drop dead" deadline for resolving the claim under its US parent company's restructuring.
A judge has expressed concerns after hearing that up to 20,000 group members in three pelvic mesh class actions have yet to receive payment from $405 million in settlements approved in March last year.
A Sydney law firm has filed a class action accusing private equity-owned medical device maker Exactech of supplying faulty joint implants that were subject to deterioration due to a packaging defect, caused serious medical complications in patients.
Deciding an “unusually difficult” costs application, a judge has declined to award Monsanto all of its costs for defending a class action alleging its Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic, saying the agrochemical giant should have pushed harder for a split trial.
A law firm is investigating claims against the manufacturers of popular heartburn and acid reflux drugs, alleging they could be responsible for causing stomach cancers and kidney failure in approximately 100,000 people.
A judge has dismissed a class action alleging Monsanto's Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic but did not go so far as to say it definitively does not cause cancer, while also dressing down the lawyers for both sides for causing delays in the case.