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The United States Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (MDL) recently convened to determine whether the cases, known as IN RE: XARELTO (RIVAROXABAN)

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, should be given MDL treatment. Granting MDL treatment consolidates all federal lawsuits filed across the United States into one centralized district. This consolidation streamlines the pretrial discovery process, allowing the parties to avoid duplicative discovery and inconsistent rulings from different judges.

The Judicial Panel granted MDL status and signed a Transfer Order on December 12, 2014. The cases will be consolidated and transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana and presided over by the Honorable Eldon E. Fallon. The Judicial Panel decided the Eastern District of Louisiana was appropriate given the number of filings potential tag-along cases in that district and the fact that Judge Fallon is an experienced transferee judge with a willingness and ability to manage the litigation efficiently.

If you feel you have experienced any side-effects from taking Xarelto, you can contact Stark & Stark and speak to one of the Mass Tort/Pharmaceutical Litigation attorneys, free of charge, who can help assess any claims that you might have against the Xarelto manufacturers.

Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) is a blood thinner that was approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in July 2011, to prevent strokes in patients who received hip and knee replacements. In November 2011, the approval was expanded to any patients with atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat).

Since its approval, there have been numerous reports of increased risk of injury when taking Xarelto, including, but not limited to:

• Brain hemorrhage
• Hemorrhagic stroke
• Gastrointestinal bleeding

These events can be life threatening since, unlike warfarin, there is no antidote for Xarelto to stop the bleeding.

If you feel you have experienced any side-effects from taking Xarelto, you can contact Stark & Stark and speak to one of the Mass Tort/Pharmaceutical Litigation attorneys, free of charge, who can help assess any claims that you might have against the Xarelto manufacturers.

Xarelto is marketed as an anticoagulant prescribed to reduce the risk of stroke, deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. It is manufactured in the United States by Bayer and Johnson & Johnson’s New Jersey-based division, Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Lawsuits have been filed nationwide based on claims that Xarelto is responsible for injuries in some individuals.

Lawsuits allege that Xarelto was marketed as safer than warfarin, another anticoagulant, but recent studies, including from the Canadian Journal of Cardiology (December 2014 – Volume 30, Issue 12), suggest otherwise. The study allegedly found that the safety profiles of the drugs were nearly identical when it came to bleeding risks and other side effects common to blood thinners used to treat patients with atrial fibrillation.

If you feel you have experienced any side-effects from taking Xarelto, you can contact Stark & Stark and speak to one of the Mass Tort/Pharmaceutical Litigation attorneys, free of charge, who can help assess any claims that you might have against the Xarelto manufacturers.