In one of its larger recalls, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will be urging owners of 1.4 million vehicles to bring their cars into dealers to fix an issue that could keep the air bags from deploying in a crash. The problem has already been potentially linked to three deaths and five injuries in accidents.
The defects in nearly 2 million Jeep and Chrysler vehicles could prevent airbags and automatic seatbelt tighteners from functioning correctly in the case of an accident, Fiat Chrysler (FCAM) said. It did not disclose the maker of the faulty equipment, although other recent recalls have been contributed to Takata, a manufacturer that Chrysler chose to continue to do business with despite recent problems.
Risperidone, sold under the trade name Risperdal among others, is an antipsychotic drug that has been linked to severe complications and side effects in children, including growth of female breasts on boys known as gynecomastia.
A $70 million verdict won by a Tennessee teenager who blamed Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal drug for causing him to grow female breasts (Gynecomastia) dwarfs awards to other users of the antipsychotic medication who suffered the same side effect.
As victims of severe bleeding complications from Xarelto and Pradaxa await their day in court, their spirits may be buoyed by the more than $650 million in settlements Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to pay in 2014, to resolve thousands of Pradaxa lawsuits brought against the company on behalf of former users throughout the United States.
In October 2015, after 5 years on the market, Federal drug regulators approved a reversal agent for the blood thinner Pradaxa, but the antidote comes too late for many former Pradaxa users who suffered severe bleeding complications while taking the controversial anticoagulant medication, which has been linked to thousands of reports of uncontrollable bleeding and other serious adverse events.
More than 100 million vehicles across the United States have been subjected to a nationwide recall for defective driver- and passenger-side air bags made by Japanese automotive parts manufacturer Takata Corporation, amid reports of the air bags rupturing and sending metal shrapnel flying into the passenger compartment of affected vehicles.
Popular PPI heartburn medications such as Nexium and Prilosec OTC have been linked to a significant increase in the risk of developing chronic kidney disease.
