Ashley Milano  |  December 22, 2014

Category: Legal News

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Xarelto Drug Lawsuit

Bayer and Johnson & Janssen Pharmaceuticals are facing a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that their blood thinner Xarelto (also known as rivaroxaban) is dangerous and should not be sold.

The family of a Texas woman filed a Xarelto wrongful death lawsuit on Dec. 4 on behalf of their deceased mother, Martha T., against the manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson and the co-marketer of Xarelto, and Bayer Healthcare AG, alleging these companies failed to warn patients and physicians of the increased risks of irreversible and fatal internal bleeding when using Xarelto.

According to the Xarelto lawsuit, Martha used Xarelto beginning in November 2012 to treat her atrial fibrillation and subsequently on Dec. 6, 2012 suffered a fatal brainstem herniation and hemorrhage that was allegedly a direct result of using Xarelto.

The Xarelto lawsuit claims that Bayer and Janssen Pharmaceuticals knew of the Xarelto side effects and continued to sell it even though they knew the dangerous risks.

The Xarelto lawsuit further accuses the defendants of purposely concealing important safety information from the medical community, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the public, and did not test the drug enough before it was put on the market.

Xarelto Risks

Approved in 2011, Xarelto is one of the newest anticoagulants, and is manufactured and marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Bayer. Xarelto has been widely prescribed to prevent blood clots in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (arrhythmia of the heart); deep vein thrombosis (blood clots deep within the body); pulmonary bleeding; stroke; and in patients who have recently undergone a knee or hip replacement surgery.

It generally is prescribed as an alternative to Warfarin (coumadin), a blood thinner that began to be used in 1954. The most serious potential side effect, complication and risk caused by Xarelto is severe internal bleeding that can result in death. The main problem is that there is no known reversal agent that can be used in the event of a bleeding event.

Other potential injuries caused through the use of Xarelto include thrombosis (blood clots); decreased hemoglobin (a substance that carries oxygen in red blood cells); cerebrovascular accidents (an event that leads to a cerebral hemorrhage); hematoma (a semisolid mass in the blood); peripheral edema (swelling of the lower limbs); and dyspnea (difficulty breathing).

Xarelto Blood Thinner Lawsuits

The Xarelto lawsuit is seeking compensatory, economic, and punitive damages for Bayer’s, and Janssen Pharmaceutical’s alleged deceptive and reckless practices in misrepresenting and omitting numerous facts about the dangers of taking Xarelto and causing the death of Martha in part by their gross negligence.

The Xarelto Lawsuit is Case No. 4:14-cv-03469, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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