Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices
Unreasonably dangerous prescription drugs and medical devices get past the FDA every year.
Many consumers mistakenly believe that the FDA tests pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices before approving them for sale to consumers. This is not true. The FDA conducts no independent testing, but rather relies on the manufacturer seeking approval of the drug or device to test its own product. The FDA is understaffed. It submits the manufacturer’s pre-approval testing to advisory panels for review. To compound the problem, the FDA has been accused recently of conflicts of interest with respect to FDA advisory panels. Often, the manufacturer that is seeking approval of its drug or device is paying huge consulting fees to members of the FDA advisory panel.
The government agency in charge of food, drug, and medical device safety is more concerned with helping the manufacturers than protecting consumers, and injuries from tainted food, defective drugs, and defective devices are on the rise. If you have been injured by a defective prescription drug or medical device, you need an experienced products liability lawyer.
Our Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Team
Our attorneys are seasoned trial lawyers. We have successfully tried or resolved cases involving fen phen diet drugs which caused heart valve damage, ADHD drugs which caused liver damage, Baycol, Zyprexa, and defective hip implants.
Here are some drugs and devices currently involved in product liability litigation:
- Renu Bausch & Lomb (Moisture Loc) contact lens solution
- Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch
- Guidant Pacemakers and Defibrillators
- Fosamax Zometa and Aredia
- Drug Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome
- Thimerosal induced autism
