The legal landscape surrounding Depo-Provera, a long-acting injectable birth control, has entered a pivotal phase. With the growing number of lawsuits alleging that the drug caused serious brain tumors known as meningiomas,...more
Women across the country are taking legal action against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo-Provera, alleging that the company failed to warn about the risks of developing meningiomas — generally non-cancerous but potentially...more
On March 26, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the removal and dismissal of claims brought against two pharmaceutical companies. Gibbons v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc.,...more
Mesh products have been regularly used to repair abdominal hernias since the 1950s. In the 1970s, gynecologists used surgical mesh products designed for abdominal hernia repair to repair prolapsed organs....more