Publication Archive: Elmiron

A New Jersey federal judge on Friday approved a diverse group of attorneys, a majority of whom are women, to serve as the plaintiff steering committee for consumers alleging that Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical unit concealed a side effect of bladder cyst medicine that results in serious eye damage. Associate Rachel L. Shkolnik was named…Read the article

Consumers alleging that Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical unit concealed a side effect of bladder cyst medicine that results in serious eye damage on Wednesday told a New Jersey federal judge that they have selected a diverse group of attorneys, a majority of whom are women, as the plaintiff steering committee. Associate Rachel Shkolnik is being considered…Read the article

Lawyers from several prominent firms have filed 80 lawsuits that allege Elmiron, used to treat a chronic bladder infection called interstitial cystitis, causes eye problems. Anticipating hundreds more cases, they are dueling over whether to coordinate an MDL in Pennsylvania before U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone or U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti in New Jersey,…Read the article