Drug manufacturers must exercise reasonable care in the labeling, manufacturing and dissemination of vital information to doctors and pharmacists concerning the risks of their products.
If you have been injured by Pradaxa, you may be entitled to hold Boehringer Ingelheim accountable in a court of law. When you are harmed by a dangerous drug, it is important to consult with an experienced pharmaceutical litigation attorney as soon as possible to see what options are available to you.
Boehringer Ingelheim Attempted to Cover Up Negative Pradaxa Information
According to The New York Times, the makers of blood-thinning drug Pradaxa were so concerned that an internal research paper would damage drug sales that some employees suggested the entire story should be retracted and nullified completely.
The unsealed legal documents were made public by a federal judge in Illinois who is overseeing thousands of lawsuits filed by individuals who say Pradaxa’s manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim, failed to properly warn them about the risks of taking the drug, including fatal bleeding.
Many of the documents released by the Illinois judge centered on whether a coming research paper would undercut the fact that Pradaxa does not require regular blood tests to ensure it is working, one of the drug’s main selling points. Testing is a critical issue because Pradaxa and two other recently approved drugs, Xarelto and Eliquis, are in a race to gain market share from warfarin, a generic drug that for decades has been the standard treatment for preventing blood clots and strokes.
The documents show that Boehringer Ingelheim employees openly fretted when it appeared that the results of the research paper indicated that some patients could benefit from monitoring their blood. The paper found that a certain segment of patients absorb too little of the drug to effectively prevent strokes, while another group absorbs so much that they are at a higher risk for bleeding.
Many say the newly-released documents show that drug makers and regulators had been too eager to approve such powerful drugs without more careful monitoring.
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Did You Know: Pradaxa has been prescribed to 850,000 patients, but has also been linked to more than 1,000 deaths.
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