Actos Caused Consumer’s Bladder Cancer, Philly Jury Hears

A Philadelphia jury heard opening arguments on Wednesday in a case against Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., the latest in a string of suits against the drugmaker, alleging that a retired high-school teacher developed bladder cancer after taking the diabetes drug Actos. Miller Firm LLC attorney Michael Miller told the jury that warnings issued beginning in June 2011 about the risks associated …

Takeda Ordered to Pay for Destroying Actos Files

Bloomberg is reporting that Takeda Pharmaceutical was ordered by a jury to pay $155,000 over its destruction of documents about its Actos diabetes medicine after the panel concluded the missing files blocked a man from proving his claims that the drug caused his cancer. Jurors in state court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, deliberated about three hours today before concluding Takeda …

First Actos Bladder Cancer Suit In W.Va. Goes To Trial

The first trial in West Virginia state court over allegations that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s widely prescribed diabetes drug Actos causes bladder cancer begins today, featuring the same plaintiffs firm that has taken Actos cases to trial in four other states and secured three pro-plaintiff verdicts. The West Virginia trial comes shortly after the Miller Firm LLC secured a $2 …

Takeda, Lilly Say Prejudice Infected $9B Actos Verdict

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Eli Lilly & Co. argued Friday that the sheer size of the $9 billion punitive damages award they suffered in the bellwether personal injury trial over the diabetes drug Actos demonstrates the jury was inflamed by “passion and prejudice,” saying its verdict should be overturned. Reported as the seventh-largest punitive damages award in U.S. history, the April …