Isimangalo sokukhubazeka komkhiqizo esifakwe ngoJanuwari 10 sijoyina izimangalo ezifanayo ezingaphezu kuka-600 ezihlanganiswe enkantolo ye-multidistrict (MDL) enkantolo yombuso yaseNew Jersey egameni leziguli ezalimala i-retina kanye nezinkinga zokubona ngemva kokusebenzisa i-Elmiron ekwelapheni i-interstitial cystitis, ebangela esinyeni esingamahlalakhona. ubuhlungu.

"U-J&J no-Janssen babheka ngenye indlela ngesikhathi imibiko iqala ukungena mayelana nezingozi zika-Elmiron," kusho ummeli wecala lase-Houston u-Mark Lanier, umsunguli we-Lanier Law Firm, osebenza ekomidini eliphezulu labamangali be-Elmiron MDL. "Sibheke ngabomvu ukucela ijaji ukuthi liphendule inkampani futhi liqinisekise ukuthi into efana nalena ayiphindi yenzeke."

Ngokusho kwecala, u-Janssen wayazi ngemibiko ngokushesha ngemva kokuba u-Elmiron emakethe ngo-1996. Ucwaningo lwezokwelapha oluqala ngo-2018 lwabhala isixhumanisi phakathi kwezithako ezibalulekile zika-Elmiron, i-pentosan polysulfate sodium noma i-PPS, kanye nesimo esaziwa ngokuthi i-pigmentary maculopathy. Nokho ilebula yesixwayiso ayizange ibekwe emthini kuze kube ngu-2020.

I-PPS iyona kuphela imbangela eyaziwayo ye-pigmentary maculopathy, evame ukuhlonzwa kabi njengokuwohloka kwe-macular okuhlobene neminyaka noma i-dystrophy yephethini. Imiphumela engemihle ihlanganisa izindawo ezimnyama endaweni yombono, ubunzima bokufunda noma ukulungisa ukuze kufiphale ukukhanya, ukulahlekelwa umbono wombala, ukuphikelela kwamehlo ngesikhathi sokufunda neminye imisebenzi, ukubona okufiphele nobumpumputhe.

Ukulimala kukaBeverly Frizzell “kwakugwemeka futhi kwaphumela ngokuqondile ekuhlulekeni kwabavikelwe kanye nokwenqaba ukwenza izifundo zokuphepha ezifanele, ukwehluleka ukuhlola kahle nokwazisa izimpawu zokuphepha, ukucindezelwa kolwazi oludalula izingozi ezingathi sína, ukwehluleka ngamabomu nangamabomu ukunikeza imiyalelo eyanele, futhi amanga ngamabomu mayelana nemvelo nokuphepha kwe-Elmiron," kusho icala.

Icala liku-Re: Elmiron MDL No. 2973.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

Ngokusho kwecala, uJanssen wayazi ngemibiko ngemuva nje kokuthi u-Elmiron emakethe ngo-1996.
Izifundo zomtholampilo eziqala ngo-2018 zabhala ukuxhumana phakathi kwezithako ezibalulekile zika-Elmiron, i-pentosan polysulfate sodium noma i-PPS, kanye nesimo esaziwa ngokuthi yi-pigmentary maculopathy.
I-10 ijoyina izimangalo ezingaphezu kwe-600 ezifanayo ezihlanganiswe enkantolo ye-multidistrict (MDL) enkantolo yesifundazwe yaseNew Jersey egameni leziguli ezalimala i-retina nezinkinga zombono ngemva kokusebenzisa i-Elmiron yokwelapha i-cystitis ye-interstitial, ebangela ubuhlungu obungapheli kwesinye.