Families involved in the Zofran (ondansetron) multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) alleged a 2016 label update for Zofran acknowledged for the first time that studies have shown an increased link between exposure to Zofran (ondansetron) and cardiovascular and cleft palate birth defects in babies born to women who took the drug while pregnant. However, the families contend...
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No Trials, but Many Tribulations over Zofran (ondansetron): Drug Safety System Putting Children In-Utero at Risk
Alabama mother Marquita Smiley began taking the generic form of anti-nausea drug Zofran (ondansetron) regularly during her first trimester to treat debilitating morning sickness—but when her son Zaidan was born with a critically underdeveloped heart, necessitating open heart surgery at just 3 days old, Marquita started to wonder whether...
Grant & Eisenhofer’s Beth Graham to Speak on Zofran (ondansetron) Litigation
At the April 2016 Mass Torts Made Perfect conference in Las Vegas later this month, Grant & Eisenhofer Director Elizabeth Graham, co-lead on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee of the Zofran (ondansetron) multi-district litigation, will speak to the latest developments in the litigation. Ms. Graham will cover the status of the over 230 cases centralized...
Plaintiffs Submit Proposal on Master Pleadings in Zofran (ondansetron) MDL
In March 2016, with more than 200 lawsuits pending in the Zofran (ondansetron) federal multi-district litigation (“MDL”) in the District of Massachusetts, plaintiffs submitted their proposal on the sequence and effect of “Master Pleadings.” In a sequence of master pleadings, usually created for administrative reasons, master complaints collate claims brought in each case...
