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Although medications can provide positive health and lifestyle changes, medications carry their own health risks. Both healthcare providers and patients need and deserve to be properly informed of these risks.

Pharmaceutical Drugs That Are Potentially Defective

Products can change from life giving to life taking when pharmaceutical and biological companies:

• fail to properly study their products both pre- and post-FDA approval,
• fail to properly analyze study results,
• fail to properly monitor, report and/or analyze adverse events,
• fail to properly market products, or
• fail to properly educate healthcare providers and patients about benefits and risks of these products.

Proving such negligence requires experience, creativity and adequate resources. But the end result can change the way the industry practices, and most importantly can save lives.

An example of our pharmaceutical drug litigation experience is the representation of many cases involving serious health problems stemming from the use of the diet drugs commonly known as Fen-Phen. The combination of some diet drugs has led to heart valve damage, stroke and heart attacks. We also represent clients that have been victims of medical prescription error.

Our lawyers and staff represent individuals who were injured through the use of pharmaceutical drugs and provide our clients with up-to-date information about the drug and their legal options.

Medical Devices That Are Potentially Defective

Medical devices and implants are used to treat injury and disease. Yet patients rarely see a device’s information, read the warning labels, or research the device and its history before receiving treatment. With medical breakthroughs on the rise, it is important for companies to perform adequate testing and regulate a device before placing it on the market. Jon L. Gelman represents individuals who have suffered serious injury or death as a result of a defective medical device including Dalkon Shield and Breast Inplants.

With advancements in medicine, there has been an increased use of medical devices in the treatment of injuries and diseases. Despite medical breakthroughs, medical devices are often inadequately tested and regulated and then rushed to market by companies in a hurry to make a profit. Over the past several years, several medical devices have been pulled from the market because they caused serious injury or death to thousands of Americans.

Our Experience with Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits

We have the necessary experience, creativity and resources to litigate pharmaceutical drug cases and seek legal recourse on behalf of those injured by pharmaceutical drugs.

Jon L. Gelman represents individuals harmed by pharmaceutical drugs in claims against drug manufacturers, which typically fall into the following categories:

• Strict liability claims focus on the drug and whether it has a defect that makes it unreasonably unsafe.
• Negligence claims are based on whether the manufacturer has acted with reasonable care in developing, manufacturing and marketing the drug or product.