Takeda Didn’t Warn of Actos Cancer Risk, Lawyer Says
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Asia’s biggest drugmaker, failed to warn doctors of the cancer risk associated with its Actos diabetes treatment, a lawyer said as the first of more than 3,000 lawsuits over the drug went to trial.
Takeda sales representatives never warned ex-Actos user Jack Cooper’s doctor the diabetes medicine could cause bladder cancer in any of more than 195 office visits to discuss the company’s products, Michael Miller, Cooper’s lawyer, said today in opening statements in state court in Los Angeles. Cooper took the drug for more than four years before being diagnosed with the disease in 2011, according to court filings.