More than 25 lawsuits have been filed against Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Bayer Corporation, in consolidated cases in the Louisiana federal district court regarding the serious side effects of the blood-thinning drug, Xarelto.
Xarelto has been associated with serious side effects, including internal bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, brain bleeds and death.
It has been reported that thousands of individuals — patients who have been prescribed Xarelto as a blood-thinner — have been affected. The presiding federal judge is Judge Eldon E. Fallon.