Dangerous Prescription Drug Attorneys

Every year, the pharmaceutical industry make billions of dollars in profits. While many of the prescription drugs that generate these profit are safe, some turn out to be dangerous. When this occurs, the corporations that market the drugs are often slow to recognize the risk to the public and sometimes intentionally disregard the risk to preserve their profits. When this happens, individuals can be seriously injured or killed.  

Prescription drug manufactures are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and are required to test the safety and efficiency of the prescription drugs they make both before and after they are approved for sale.  If this testing demonstrates an increased risk of disease or injury, the manufacturer has a duty to disclose this information and may be required to include a warning label advising physicians and consumers of the risks.  If it fails to do so, it can be held responsible for injuries caused by this failure to warn.

Motivated by the huge profits a successful drug can bring, prescription drug manufactures sometimes withhold the results of clinical testing demonstrating a dangerous side effect of a drug.  When the information becomes public, it often results in thousands of claims being filed against the manufacturer that are consolidated before one federal judge.  This is known as a multi-district litigation and it is beneficial to individuals and the lawyers that represent them because they can unite with other similarly injured individuals and share information and resources to undertake a litigation that spans the country and often involves thousands of individuals fighting against a multi-billion dollar corporation.   

Are you aware of what you give up when you buy or are given a generic over a brand name prescription drug?  Click here to find out.

Litigation is presently pending or being investigated with respect to the following dangerous drugs.  Click on the drug for more information.

Actos

Avandia

Darvon

Darvocet

Propecia

Propoxyphene

The prescription drug lawyers at Sullivan & Brill, LLP represent individuals that have been harmed by dangerous prescription drugs and family members that have lost a loved one due to defective drugs. If you or a loved one has been the victim of a pharmaceutical corporation's irresponsible manufacture, marketing and distribution of a dangerous prescription medication, call 212-566-1000 or fill out the form to the left for a free consultation with one of the dangerous prescription drug lawyers at Sullivan & Brill, LLP.

For mass tort and other large-scale cases, the firm’s product liability lawyers assist clients throughout the United States.  For other products liability cases, the attorneys of Sullivan & Brill, LLP help clients throughout New York City (NYC - Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island), Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Westchester County, as well as the other NY counties.  

The firm also has an office in Bayamon, Puerto Rico staffed by an experienced products liability attorney.