Similarities To Pradaxa Lawsuits Lend Hope To Xarelto Lawsuit Plaintiffs

June 07, 2016 – – TheProductLawyers.com reports on the consolidation of the numerous lawsuits that have been filed against the manufacturers of Xarelto, Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Bayer AG, the former of which is a subsidiary of the Johnson and Johnson Corporation. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) decreed that since the cases filed were strikingly similar in the allegations of uncontrollable bleeding being leveled at the manufacturers, it consolidated the cases together, which now contains over 2,800 complaints. In the month of August 2015 alone, the cases included in the multidistrict litigation (MDL 2592) have grown by 400 cases, and the MDL is expected to increase further.

Plaintiffs in the Xarelto cases are encouraged by actions taken with another new-generation blood thinner called Pradaxa that shares many similarities with the drug Xarelto. Pradaxa was released on the market for use by consumers in 2010 by Boehringer Ingelheim. As is the case with Xarelto, Pradaxa became the focus of public attention, as it was the subject of over 3,500 adverse event reports with fatalities in over 750 of them. Pradaxa subsequently became the focus of over 4,000 lawsuits. Rather than go to trial, Pradaxa’s maker opted to settle all the lawsuits with a $650 million settlement. It is the hope of many of the plaintiffs in the Xarelto cases that they will also be the beneficiaries of a settlement by the makers of Xarelto.

The MDL cases are steadily progressing toward litigation at this time. Judge Fallon required that by January 11, 2016, 40 cases be selected to form a pool from which 4 final cases will be chosen to be prepared for bellwether trials in Spring of 2017.

It should be noted as well that in addition to the cases in the MDL, there is an additional group of lawsuits in excess of 550 that were consolidated into a mass tort group by the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, PA. All plaintiffs in these cases have named Janssen and Bayer AG as defendants as well.

The attorneys of Banville Law, the firm behind TheProductLawyers.com, are offering complimentary consultations to anyone who suffered injury or hospitalization after a bleed while on Xarelto. For more information about this release or the Xarelto litigation call 888-997-3792.

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