Testosterone Lawsuit News: JPML Holds Hearing on Possible Consolidation of Low Testosterone Therapy Claims
New York, New York (PRWEB) May 29, 2014 -- As testosterone lawsuits (http://www.injurybeacon.com/testosterone-androgel/) continue to mount in courts around the country, Bernstein Liebhard LLP notes that the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) heard oral arguments earlier today on a motion to establish a multisditrict litigation for all federally-filed product liability claims involving low testosterone therapies. If the JPML grants the motion, these lawsuits would be transferred to a single federal jurisdiction for coordinated pretrial proceedings. (In Re: AndroGel Product Liability Litigation, No. 2545, JPML)
“We have heard from numerous men who allegedly suffered serious cardiovascular events due to the use of low testosterone therapies. Our Firm is looking forwrd to the Panel's decision” says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm is offering free and confidential case reviews to individuals who may have suffered heart attacks, strokes, deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism due to their use of testosterone treatment therapies.
Testosterone Treatment Lawsuits
Prescription testosterone therapies are approved to treat low testosterone in men who suffer from the condition due to an underlying medical issue. Other medications in this class include:**
• Axiron
• AndroDerm
• AndroGel
• Bio-T Gel
• Delatestryl
• Depo-Testosterone
• Foresta
• Striant
• Testopel
• Testim
On January 31, 2014, the FDA announced that it was reviewing the heart risks that may be associated with prescription testosterone therapies after two studies found a high rate of heart attacks, strokes and death in men with preexisting heart problems who received testosterone.
Court documents indicate that more than 80 testosterone lawsuits have been filed in U.S. courts over serious cardiovascular injuries that were allegedly caused by medications in this class. The motion under consideration by the JPMPL intially requested the consolidation of all federally-filed AndroGel lawsuits. Hovever, the manufacturers of AndroGel, Axiron and Fortesta have filed briefs in support of the establishment of a multidistrict litigation, but have requested that the proceeding include all federal testosterone claims, regardless of the drugs involved.
Men who may have suffered strokes, heart attacks, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism or another serious cardiovascular event after using a low testosterone therapy may be eligible to file a lawsuit seeking compensation from its manufacturer. Learn more about filing a testosterone treatment lawsuit by calling our Firm today at 800-511-5092.
*accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm?fuseaction=Search.SearchAction&SearchType=BasicSearch&searchTerm=testosterone&Search_Button=Submit, FDA
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