I WANT A NEW DRUGA discussion of how personal injury lawyers can expand their revenue streams by including mass tort litigation

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”I AM A ________ LAWYER, I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PHARMA CASES…

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OK, I’M INTERESTED, HOW DO I LEARN MORE?

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”HOW DO I KNOW WHICH DRUGS ARE THE BAD ONES?

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”WHERE DO I FIND CLIENTS INJURED BY DANGEROUS DRUGS?

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”WHAT DO I DO WITH THOSE CLIENTS AFTER I’VE BEEN HIRED?

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”HOW LONG DOES A PHARMA CASE USUALLY TAKE?

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”IS IT WORTH MY TIME AND EFFORT?

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”GOT ANY EXAMPLES?

�Actos $2.3 Billion �HRT $1.2 Billion�VIOXX $4.85 Billion �TVM Still Resolving

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”SO, WHAT CASES SHOULD I CONSIDER STARTING TODAY?

IVC FILTER� IVC Filters can cause severe health risks

� Increases the risks of new blood clots� Filter breaks apart� Filter penetrates tissue walls

� Cook Medical� MDL in the Southern District of Indiana� First and second Bellwether trials are scheduled to

start in early October.� Third to start April of 2018

� C.R. Bard� MDL in the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona� Bellwether Group 1-Still in discovery phase

� Argon� Coordinated in Philadelphia

� Cordis � Coordinated in Oakland

• Manufacturers designed IVC filters to prevent life-threating blood clots in the lungs called pulmonary embolisms (Pes).

RISPERDAL� Johnson & Johnson was fined over $2 billion

in penalties

� Current Litigation in Philadelphia and Los Angeles

� Deceptive marketing are among the claims against J&J

Risperdal is an anti-psychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. The drug causes breast tissue growth in young men, a condition called gynecomastia.

ZOFRAN

� MDL in US District Court of Massachusetts

� Zofran is an anti-nausea often prescribed to expecting mothers with morning sickness

� Increased risk of birth defects among babies exposed to Zofran usage

Plaintiffs are filing lawsuits against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) claiming Zofran causes birth defects.

METAL ON METAL HIP IMPLANTS

� Osteolysis, wearing down and thinning of bones causing pain in the surrounding tissue and potential bone breakage

� Metallosis, elevated levels of cobalt and chromium in the bloodstream

� Pseudotumor, a mass of inflamed cells that resembles a tumor but is actually collected fluids

� Leg length discrepancy

• Thought to have been a more durable alternative to ceramic or plastic implants

• Studies show they actually deteriorate faster and fail at higher rates compared to other implants

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