In Re: Pradaxa (Dabigatran Etexilate) Products Liability Litigation

  1. May 28, 2014

    Boehringer Pays $650M To Settle Pradaxa MDL

    Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH has agreed to pay roughly $650 million to settle claims in multidistrict litigation that its blood thinner Pradaxa caused serious injuries including severe bleeding, the German drugmaker said Wednesday.

  2. March 13, 2014

    Boehringer Hit With New Sanctions In Pradaxa MDL

    An Illinois federal judge ordered Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH on Thursday to reimburse plaintiffs for the offices they rent for European depositions in the multidistrict litigation over the blood thinner Pradaxa, a discovery-related sanction on top of last year's nearly $1 million fine.

  3. February 13, 2014

    Boehringer Faces 2,000-Plus Pradaxa Injury Suits

    Just 18 months after a multidistrict litigation was formed, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH is now facing more than 2,000 lawsuits in the U.S. over severe bleeding and other injuries allegedly caused by its blood thinner Pradaxa, the drugmaker said Thursday.

  4. January 30, 2014

    Boehringer Docs In Pradaxa MDL Unsealed By Judge

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday unsealed dozens of documents in the multidistrict litigation over Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH's blood thinner Pradaxa, finding the German drugmaker had not sufficiently explained why it had marked them as confidential.

  5. January 03, 2014

    7th Circ. Blocks Boehringer Workers' Depos In Pradaxa MDL

    The Seventh Circuit on Thursday temporarily blocked Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH employees from being deposed in the U.S. in personal injury multidistrict litigation over the blood thinner Pradaxa, after the drugmaker argued a lower court overstepped its authority.

  6. December 19, 2013

    Boehringer May Face More Sanctions In Pradaxa MDL

    A week after hitting Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH with a nearly $1 million penalty for discovery abuses, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday that the drugmaker may be slapped with even more sanctions in multidistrict litigation over its blood thinner Pradaxa.

  7. December 09, 2013

    Boehringer Fined $1M For Withholding Docs In MDL

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday slapped Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. with nearly $1 million in sanctions for discovery abuses in multidistrict litigation over its oral anticoagulant Pradaxa, finding that the drugmaker's failure to produce thousands of documents amounted to bad-faith conduct.

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