Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP (“SFMS”) announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Civil Action No. 17-01233) against Alcobra, Ltd. (“Alcobra”)(ADHD) and certain of its officers and directors. The case seeks remedies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 …
More than 29 million Americans live with diabetes, and for some six million of them, insulin is a life or death medication. Between 2002 and 2013, the price of insulin more than tripled, to more than $700 per patient. A federal lawsuit accuses the three insulin manufacturers of conspiring to raise their prices.
A Calwell woman who was suing the Canberra Hospital and two doctors over alleged failures stemming from migraine drug treatment has settled the case for $12 million. It had been alleged that as a result of the alleged failures, Stacey Louise Cave, 40, suffered a stroke and brain damage, and was left dependent on a wheelchair. The case stemmed from Ms Cave’s use of the drug Deseril over many …
To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Inotek”) (NASDAQ:ITEK) between July 23, 2015 and December 30, 2016. You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the District of …
Kentucky has joined a multistate lawsuit alleging that a large group of pharmaceutical companies have monopolized generic drugs. Attorney General Andy Beshear called the move “straightforward and sinister.” The lawsuit alleges widespread collusion among the pharmaceutical companies to reduce competition and increase the price of generic drugs. The states allege the …
Six generic drug-makers artificially inflated and manipulated prices to reduce competition for an antibiotic and oral diabetes medication, 20 state attorneys general, led by Connecticut, said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, whose office began its investigation more than two years ago into suspicious price increases of certain generic medications, …
Lundin Law PC , a shareholder rights firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against Dynavax Technologies Corporation (“Dynavax” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: DVAX) concerning possible violations of federal securities laws between March 10, 2014 and November 11, 2016 inclusive (the “Class Period”). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares …
$2.4 million settlement reached in diluted chemotherapy drug lawsuit Posted: November 9, 2016 09:55:24 AM Last updated: November 9, 2016 11:01:11 AM Category: Ontario Tags: cancer, cancer drug, chemotherapy, hamilton, marchese health care, new brunswick, ontario A tentative settlement of nearly $2.4 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed after cancer patients were given …
Broome County is considering filing a lawsuit against opioid drugmakers, a move that would make the county one of the first in the nation to try to hold pharmaceutical firms responsible for the costs of addiction. County officials confirmed talks with Manhattan-based attorneys are in progress, as well as the broad outlines of a potential lawsuit. A suit would follow the template of Suffolk County, which in August enlisted Simmons Hanly Conroy, a national law firm that has recovered $5 billion in verdicts and settlements, to sue 15 pharmaceutical companies and individual medical doctors. Simmons Hanly Conroy “envisions commencing …
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado said Thursday it has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against two Trinidad detectives accused of bad policing. The City of Trinidad agreed to pay $375,000 to two women who were wrongly arrested and prosecuted during a 2013 drug sting, the ACLU announced. The lawsuit, filed in January 2015 in federal district court in Denver, accused Trinidad …