Lipitor Lawsuit Parties Scheduled to Submit Joint Status Report, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports

More than 1,400 Lipitor lawsuits have been filed in federal court on behalf of individuals who allegedly developed Type 2 diabetes due to their use of the statin medication.

New York, New York (PRWEB) December 11, 2014

Lipitor lawsuits (http://www.lipitorlawsuitcenter.com/) that allege the statin medication increases the risk for Type 2 diabetes continue to move forward in the federal multidistrict litigation now underway in U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports. According to court documents, parties involved in the litigation have been directed to submit a Joint Status Report to the Court no later than December 11th, in advance of the Status Conference scheduled for December 18th. Among other things, the Report will include an update on discovery conducted since the litigation's previous Conference, as well as any other issues the parties wish to address during the upcoming Conference. (In re Lipitor (Atorvastatin) Litigation, MDL No. 2502)

“Our Firm continues to hear from Lipitor patients who allegedly developed new-onset Type 2 diabetes due to their use of this medication. We are pleased to see this litigation moving forward, and look forward to additional progress in the coming year,” says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm is currently offering free and confidential case reviews to individuals who may have been harmed by Lipitor.

Lipitor Diabetes Litigation
Lipitor lawsuits have been mounting in U.S courts since February 2012, when the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the labels for Lipitor and other statins would be updated to include new information about their potential association with Type 2 diabetes. The FDA announcement followed the publication of a study in JAMA: Internal Medicine the previous month which suggested that post-menopausal women treated with statins faced an increased risk of developing new-onset Type 2 diabetes. *

Court documents indicate that more than 1,400 Lipitor lawsuits have been filed in a federal multidistrict litigation now underway in South Carolina, all of which accuse Pfizer Inc. of endeavoring to protect sales of the drug by concealing its alleged association with diabetes. According to court documents, plaintiffs further allege that they would not have used Lipitor, or would have been more closely monitored for diabetes, had Pfizer's warnings been adequate.

Lipitor patients who allegedly developed Type 2 diabetes due to the medication may be entitled to compensation from Pfizer. To learn more about filing a Lipitor lawsuit, please visit Bernstein Liebhard LLP's website. To arrange for a free case review, please call 800-511-5092.

*archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1108676, JAMA Internal Medicine, January

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