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Lawsuits Against Novartis Over Biphosphonate Drugs

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More than 60 pending lawsuits against drugmaker Novartis have been moved to a US District Court in Tennessee. The suits claim that the drugs Aredia and Zometa, both made by Novartis, caused them to suffer "jaw death" or osteonecrosis of the jaw. The plaintiffs claim that Novartis did not sufficiently warn doctors about this possibility. 
 
The entire class of drugs known as biphosphonates have been implicated in this condition, which causes extreme pain and disability as the jawbone erodes, usually as a consequence of dental surgery on patients taking this class of drugs which also includes Fosamax.

State court to handle roughly 60 Novartis suits

Nashville City Paper - 6/16/2006 1:13 AM

More than 60 product liability lawsuits against the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical corporation Novartis have been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, lawyers for some of the numerous plaintiffs confirmed this week.
 
The suits have been brought by patients in at least four states, all of whom took at least one drug made by Novartis, and all of whom are claiming Novartis failed to pass warning of side effects on to physicians in a timely manner
 
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