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At least nine lawsuits have been filed in a New Jersey federal court in the wake of an April 2008 recall of Digitek, a prescription drug used in the treatment of certain heart ailments.
The drug was recalled by its maker, Actavis Totowa, because of a manufacturing mistake that resulted in tablets with double the dose of the active ingredient, digitalis. An overdose of digitalis can cause toxicity and death, the company said.
Of the nine lawsuits already filed, one involved the death of a Texas woman.
“Obviously, nobody would have taken [the drug] had they been told there is twice as much active ingredient as there is supposed to be,” said attorney Richard Meadow.
Defendants in theDigitek class action lawsuit include Actavis Totowa and its parent company Actavis Group, as well as two distributors of the drug, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and UDL Laboratories Inc.
The suits are seeking unspecified damages. Additional Digitek lawsuits have been filed in California and West Virginia.
(Source: Newsday)
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