AndroGel Lawsuit Defendants Lose Bid to Stay California Wrongful Death Case, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports
New York, New York (PRWEB) October 02, 2014 -- Defendants in an AndroGel lawsuit (http://www.testosteronelawsuitcenter.com/) have lost their bid for a stay in a case that alleges the low testosterone therapy caused the death of a California man. In a ruling issued on September 30th, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton of the Central District of California remanded the testosterone lawsuit to Orange County Superior Court where it was originally filed, after finding that California-based McKesson Corp. was not a fraudulently joined defendant. (Case No. 8:14-cv-01331)
“Hundreds of testosterone lawsuits that put forth allegations similar to those included in this complaint are currently pending in courts around the country, and we continue to hear from individuals who were allegedly harmed by AndroGel and similar medications. Our Firm is monitoring this litigation very closely,” says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm is now evaluating legal claims on behalf of men who allegedly suffered heart attacks, strokes, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and other life-threatening heart problems due to their use of AndroGel and other prescription testosterone medications.
Testosterone Litigation
The California AndroGel lawsuit accuses the defendants of misrepresenting the need for low testosterone therapy, and of failing to provide adequate warnings regarding the risks associated with AndroGel. Court records indicate that it is one of more than 200 such claims involving testosterone replacement therapy that are currently pending in U.S. courts, the majority of which have been filed in a federal multidistrict litigation now underway in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. (In re: Testosterone Replacement Therapy Product Liability Litigation - MDL No. 2545)
Court records indicate that the litigation concerning low testosterone therapies such as AndroGel began to mount shortly after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced in January it was reviewing the cardiovascular risks associated with the medications. On September 17th, a panel of FDA advisors overwhelmingly recommended that the drugs’ labels be revised to make clear they have not been shown to lessen low libido, fatigue, muscle loss and other age-related symptoms. The advisors recommended that the manufacturers of testosterone replacement therapies be required to conduct studies of their cardiovascular side effects. *
Men who allegedly suffered heart attacks, strokes or other life-threatening heart problems due to their use of AndroGel or another testosterone treatment may be entitled to compensation from the drug’s manufacturer. To learn more about filing a testosterone lawsuit, please visit Bernstein Liebhard LLP’s website, or call 800-511-5092 for a free case review.
*startribune.com/nation/275499791.html, Associated Press (via startribune.com), September 18, 2014
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