MDL Judge Grants Summary Judgment in All Tylenol Lawsuits Over Autism, ADHD
Court determines that families do not have sufficiently reliable expert witness testimony to convince juries Tylenol use during pregnancy causes ADHD in children.
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Tylenol MDL Judge Rejects New Evidence That Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen Causes ADHD
Drug manufacturers and retailers successfully challenged the scientific approaches used by another plaintiffs expert proposed to establish a link between prenatal use of the ingredient in Tylenol and ADHD.
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FDA Proposes Skin Reaction Label Warning for Tylenol, Other Drugs Containing Acetaminophen
A wealth of scientific data has linked the use of acetaminophen to incidents of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and other potentially dangerous allergic reactions
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Dismissal Entered in More Than 500 Tylenol Lawsuits Brought By Families of Children Diagnosed with Autism, ADHD
In December, Judge Cote rejected the expert witnesses plaintiffs needed to prove that Tylenol use during pregnancy caused autism and ADHD.
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MDL Judge Finds Tylenol Autism, ADHD Lawsuits Against J&J Are Not Preempted
The ruling means that Tylenol lawsuits over the failure to warn about the risk of autism and ADHD lawsuits can move forward in the federal court system
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Tylenol MDL Judge Invites FDA To Weigh In on Pregnancy Warnings About Acetaminophen and Autism, ADHD
Plaintiffs say the invitation is unnecessary, saying their cases should not depend on proposed acetaminophen pregnancy warnings submitted earlier this month.
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Tylenol Pregnancy Warnings About Autism and ADHD Risk Proposed By Plaintiffs in Federal MDL
Federal judge presiding over lawsuits brought by families nationwide asked plaintiffs' lawyers to propose Tylenol pregnancy warnings that should have been added to the painkiller acetaminophen
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CDC Researchers Call for More Autism Support as National Diagnosis Rates Rise
Researchers indicate that improvements are needed in the diagnosis and treatments for autism nationwide to address the rising rates.
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Information About Each Tylenol Autism, ADHD Injury Claim To Be Provided on Plaintiff Fact Sheets
Plaintiffs will have 60 days to fill out a Fact Sheet, which will help streamline the process of gathering information about each of the Tylenol injury claims.
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More than 100 Families of Children with ADHD, Autism from Tylenol Are Pursuing Lawsuits
The lawsuits claim children developed ADHD and autism from Tylenol use by the mother which occurred during pregnancy.
