New Jersey man alleges manufacturer stalled adding Tepezza hearing damage warnings to the label, even after the FDA determined such injuries could be permanent.
Horizon failed to instruct doctors to conduct routine hearing tests on patients to monitor for signs of hearing impairment from Tepezza, lawsuit states.
Lawsuit alleges no warnings or information was provided about the risk of hearing damage from Tepezza, which could have been avoided with medical monitoring
Horizon Pharmaceuticals claims the Tepezza hearing loss lawsuit is preempted by federal law because the manufacturer would have been unlikely to change the label warnings without FDA permission.
Horizon has objected to the call to consolidate Tepezza hearing loss lawsuits, claiming the cases will be too different to benefit from pretrial coordination.
Lawsuit alleges that the warnings about potential Tepezza hearing loss side effects misled users and doctors, suggesting that the problems were temporary. However, users are reporting irreversible hearing loss caused by Tepezza
