Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris
Digitek Debacle - Actavis Totowa Accused of Producing Dangerously Defective Digitek Heart Pills in Lawsuit Filed by Cory Watson Crowder and DeGaris
Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, August 10th, 2008
A Federal lawsuit filed in Birmingham, Alabama July 18, 2008 charges pharmaceutical company Actavis Totowa with manufacturing and distributing defective Digitek heart drug pills that contained dangerously excessive doses of the drug's active ingredient, digoxin, causing life-threatening adverse drug reactions. Digitek is typically prescribed to treat irregular heartbeat or heart failure. The Federal suit, filed in the wake of an FDA Digitek recall, alleges defective Digitek contained amounts of digoxin exceeding the dose set forth on the label and in some cases exceeding the dose approved for medical treatment in humans.
The litigation, brought by a Talladega woman and...
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