A Pennsylvania judge has issued a number of evidentiary findings in favor of the plaintiff in a bellwether Tylenol liver damage case, ruling in part that the plaintiff may present evidence of adverse event reports, fraud on the FDA, employee compensation, and other lawsuits. In an April 19 order, Judge Lawrence Stengel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern …
First Tylenol Bellwether Trial Set for June 22, 2015
The first Tylenol bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation (MDL) is fast approaching and lawyers from both sides are gearing up. The Pennsylvania trial involves whether the acetaminophen in various Tylenol products from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), and its subsidiary McNeill Consumer Healthcare, caused acute liver failure. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Stengel ordered jury selection on June 22, 2015 for Rana …
Study Shows Tylenol No Better Than Placebo & Hard on Your Liver
The New York Times reported on April 1, 2015 that Tylenol is no better than a placebo when given to patients seeking relief from spinal pain or disability. The Australian researchers, published online in The BMJ, analyzed 5, 366 patients. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) was given orally in doses between 3,000-4,000 milligrams per day. What is even more alarming is the study …
It’s Easy to Overdose on Tylenol, Study Warns
The rise in prescriptions and non-prescription use of painkillers in the U.S. is no secret – in the past decade, prescriptions for opioids have skyrocketed by 300%, making them the most prescribed drugs in the country. And the consequences of that spike can be deadly, according to the latest report from Consumer Reports: nearly 17,000 people die each year from …