Pradaxa

Adverse Effects: Anticoagulants Top the List

by Phillips Law Offices on 2/26/2013

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing medication error and identifying unsafe practices that lead to drug injury. In May of this year, the ISMP named...more

Approving Too Quickly? Drug Safety and the FDA

by Phillips Law Offices on 2/12/2013

In October, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug dabigatran to reduce the risk of blood clots and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Marketed as the twice-daily miracle drug Pradaxa,...more

Pradaxa Product Liability Update

by Phillips Law Offices on 2/8/2013

When introduced by German pharmaceutical manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim, it was hoped the prescription drug Pradaxa would replace Coumadin, a popular blood-thinning product with a troubled history of serious side effects....more

The Heart of the Matter — Side Effects of AF Medications

by Phillips Law Offices on 2/7/2013

Arrhythmia is a condition in which the heart beats too quickly and irregularly. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of arrhythmia that occurs when disorganized electrical signals cause the upper and lower chambers of the heart...more

What Makes Side Effects Actionable?

by Phillips Law Offices on 1/11/2013

With increasing profits to be made in drug development and manufacturing and escalating reliance upon pharmaceutical treatment by the medical community, it seems that new drugs are entering the market every day to treat every...more

Pradaxa Study Shows Substantial Increase in Bleeding Risk

by Phillips Law Offices on 1/9/2013

The trouble concerning Pradaxa® first began in December 2011 when its manufacturer acknowledged that more than 200 patients had died while taking the drug and the FDA issued a safety warning advising physicians and the...more

Pradaxa Litigation Consolidated in Federal Court

by Phillips Law Offices on 12/12/2012

Mass torts — cases in which a large number of individuals suffer harm due to a single instance of negligence — present numerous legal and administrative issues. In order to handle these cases quickly, efficiently and fairly,...more

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