February 21, 2014
A Florida federal judge on Thursday refused to vacate a $1.3 million judgment against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. or grant a new trial in a suit alleging it caused a Zometa user's jaw death, ruling that the jury correctly found against it on a negligent failure-to-warn claim.
November 14, 2013
A Florida federal judge refused Thursday to put aside a $1.3 million judgment against Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. for allegedly causing a Zometa user's jaw death, ruling that the jury's initial inconsistent verdict is not cause for a new trial.
September 23, 2013
Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. moved for a new trial Friday immediately after a Florida jury awarded $1.3 million in damages to a Zometa user who allegedly suffered jaw death, pointing to a perceived inconsistency in an original verdict scrapped by the court.
September 04, 2013
A Florida federal judge may allow evidence about so-called black box warnings in a Zometa user's jaw injury lawsuit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., he said last week, ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Bartlett ruling does not apply to brand-name drugs.
March 27, 2013
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday nixed punitive damages from a lawsuit alleging Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s Aredia and Zometa bone drugs caused a woman to develop osteonecrosis of the jaw, finding that New Jersey law limiting punitive damages in such cases applies.