Medical/Health

Philips will pay at least $479 million to settle class action claims from individuals and entities that used or paid for nearly 11 million CPAPs, BiPAPs and ventilators recalled by the company in June 2021.

A proposed class action alleges Harvard University was negligent in failing to prevent a former morgue manager from mishandling and selling the body parts of cadavers donated to the Ivy League heavyweight’s medical school.

A proposed class action alleges certain Fitbit fitness trackers are falsely advertised in that they are unable to accurately measure the blood oxygen (SpO2) levels of users with darker skin.

Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to pay $13.5 million and cap the price of insulin for four years to settle long-running class action litigation that alleged the pharma company illegally colluded to drive up the price of the life-saving diabetes medication.

BetterHelp faces at least two putative class action lawsuits after being hit with a proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consent order banning the online counseling platform from sharing consumers’ data with third parties.

A proposed class action claims Talkspace has misled new patients about the availability of its online therapists and secretly enrolls consumers into automatically renewing subscriptions without consent.

Colgate-Palmolive faces a proposed class action lawsuit after voluntarily recalling roughly 4.9 million bottles of Fabuloso multi-purpose cleaners nationwide due to potential bacterial contamination.

The companies behind EzriCare- and Delsam Pharma-brand Artificial Tears face a proposed class action lawsuit less than a week after the eye drops were voluntarily recalled over concerns the products could be contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria.

Hey Favor (formerly the Pill Club) may be alarmed to learn that the company has been hit with a proposed class action accusing it of secretly sharing users’ private health information with the likes of Meta, TikTok and a data analytics firm.