Fosamax Lawsuit

A jury in New Jersey federal court is said to have ruled in favor of Merck & Co. this week in the first of 3,300 Fosamax lawsuits to allege femur fractures caused by the osteoporosis drug, Bloomberg.com reports. The verdict issued in New Jersey federal court in Trenton was released in a state...

A Fosamax lawsuit alleging femur fractures caused by the osteoporosis drug is scheduled to go to trial the second week in April, Bloomberg.com reports. According to the article published Apr. 3, 2013, the trial slated to begin April 9 in New Jersey federal court in Trenton is the second of 3,300 ...

Research recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery may be strengthening the possibility that use of bisphosphonates can lead to non-healing femoral fractures, a causative relationship that has already prompted thousands of patients to file Fosamax lawsuits. U.S. scientists in t...

A testimony heard in a recent bellwether trial for Fosamax lawsuits may have revealed certain confidential information regarding the Merck & Co.-manufactured drug’s effectiveness, Ring of Fire radio reports. According to the article published Feb. 19, the company’s Associate Vice Presiden...

A recent Fosamax lawsuit trial revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration “incessantly requested” Merck to make a safer osteoporosis medicine than Fosamax, which can cause Fosamax femur fractures and other alarming side effects. The 2006 document stated: “Long term retention in bon...

In the Fosamax lawsuits and Actos lawsuits that continue to be filed, hundreds of patients allege the name-brand drug makers failed to warn consumers of the dangerous side effects associated with the medications. Now, they are trying to do the same with generic drugs, but may soon hit a road bloc...

After a disappointing fiscal year and a rising number of Fosamax lawsuits, Merck & Co.’s controversial osteoporosis-drug is no longer listed as one of its “Top Pharmaceutical Products,” reported Ring of Fire radio this week. As seen in the company’s third-quarter financial filings fo...

Thousands of women around the world are filing Fosamax lawsuits against Merck, manufacturer of the bone-loss drug that has been associated with a myriad of severe side effects like Fosamax femur fractures and osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). But in 1999, the company only saw profit in Fosamax. Their ...

Just over 2,000 Fosamax lawsuits are currently pending in courtrooms around the country. The Fosamax lawsuits have been filed by people who allege the drug caused them to suffer a bone-decaying jaw disorder, as well as atypical femur fractures. Fosamax is an oral bisphosphonate that is used to pr...

With hundreds of Fosamax lawsuits making their way through U.S. courts, a new study has found yet more evidence that Fosamax and similar drugs known as bisphosphonates can cause the bone-decaying disease, Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ). According to the study, which was published in the Internationa...