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Appellate Court upholds decision in first-ever non-settlement national RICO class action lawsuit certified against a major pharmaceutical company, with potential damages exceeding $7 billion. SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a class certification order in Painters & Allied Trades District Council 82 Health Care Fund v. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, marking a watershed moment in a first-of-its-kind class action that is now in its eleventh year. The Ninth Circuit upheld the certification of a national class of third-party payers seeking damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act against pharmaceutical giants Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and Eli Lilly and Company. The suit accuses both companies of conspiring to conceal the bladder cancer risks associated with the diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone) for over a decade, exposing millions of vulnerable diabetics to a carcinogen without their consent. It is a legacy of fraud, attorneys say, and this ruling finally paves the way for a jury trial on this important case. The case is the first non-settlement national RICO class action lawsuit certified against a major pharmaceutical company. Legal experts estimate the total damages could exceed $7 billion. Important Legal Precedent The Ninth Circuit's affirmation comes despite opposition from the pharmaceutical defendants and industry amici, who challenged the district court's class certification on multiple grounds. In a detailed memorandum, the appellate court rejected each of the defendants' arguments, finding that the lower court "properly conducted a 'rigorous analysis,' as required to certify a class," and adding that it "did not abuse its discretion by finding the predominance requirement satisfied." The case stems from allegations that Takeda and Eli Lilly engaged in a decade-long conspiracy to conceal Actos's significant bladder cancer risks. Internal documents revealed Takeda and Lilly knew about the bladder cancer risk as early as 1999. After the FDA mandated a bladder cancer warning for Actos in 2011, drug sales dropped by 80%, demonstrating the material impact of the fraud. Plaintiffs allege the companies knew about the bladder cancer risks but chose to hide them to protect billions in annual sales, defrauding third-party payers who paid for the medication. Statement from Lead Counsel "We are in our eleventh year litigating this case and are eager to finally get this case to trial," said R. Brent Wisner, managing partner of Wisner Baum LLP and national class counsel. "The evidence in this case is crystal clear: The class was deceived into purchasing billions of dollars of Actos by Takeda and Lilly whose actions plainly violated civil RICO, and exposed millions of diabetics to a carcinogen without their consent or knowledge. It's been a long and hard-fought journey, but the magnitude of this precedent and the potential impact on all pharmaceutical manufacturers was worth it. It seems perseverance is the number one determinant of success in the end. We are ready to tell this story to a jury and recoup the billions Takeda and Lilly pilfered from our clients and all those similarly situated." What's Next With class certification affirmed, Wisner hopes that a trial date will be set for 2026. The class will seek to prove their allegations and recover treble damages under RICO's enhanced penalty provisions. Wisner Baum LLP, along with co-counsel Christopher L. Coffin of Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP, serves as national class counsel. The case is Painters & Allied Trades District Council 82 Health Care Fund v. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, No. 23-55742 (9th Cir. 2025), District Court Case No. 2:17-cv-07223-JWH-AS (C.D. Cal.) Media Contact: Diana McKinley (310) 207 -3233 [email protected] The award-winning law firm of Wisner Baum has successfully litigated cases against many of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Since 1985, the firm has earned a reputation for breaking new legal ground, holding corporations accountable, influencing public policy, and raising public awareness on important safety issues. Across all areas of practice, the firm has won more than $4 billion in settlements and verdicts. SOURCE Wisner Baum WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM? 440k+ Newsrooms & Influencers 9k+ Digital Media Outlets 270k+ Journalists Opted In GET STARTED

Hormonal and neural regulatory mechanisms that maintain blood glucose levels within a very narrow range Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.” — Sally Ride ALISO VIEJO, CA, UNITED STATES, June 16, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Glucose from a diet is the major energy source for humans and other mammals. Blood glucose concentrations increase rapidly after food intake and then decline as glucose is used or stored. Since nutrient intake is irregular but energy requirement is continuous, the body needs to store glucose, usually as glycogen, mainly in the muscles and liver. Two peptides produced by the pancreas, insulin and glucagon, control glucose storage by enhancing glucose uptake and glycogen breakdown, respectively. Persistent high blood glucose concentrations result from diminished insulin production as in type 1 diabetes or insulin resistance, a decreased cellular response to insulin as in type 2 diabetes . Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease defined by hyperglycemia leading to microvascular and macrovascular damage. The prevalence of diabetes has been increasing globally since 1990, attributed to living environments and lifestyle leading to poorer nutrition and increased sedentary behaviour. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 11.1% of the world’s adult population aged 20-79 years, around 452 million people, is living with diabetes, with 4 in 10 of these people unaware that they have the disease. Diabetes is more prevalent in people aged 65 years and older, including 122 million of this population of 652 million, or around 19%; further, prediabetes affects 48% of the 26 million older adults in the USA. The risk to these patients is increased by multiple comorbidities, increased incidence of hypoglycemia, increased dependence on care and worsening frailty. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in type 2 diabetics, even though a marked decrease in all-cause mortality of 30–35% in diabetics in the USA and England has been related to decreases in mortality from cardiovascular disease. Cancer rates have remained unchanged in diabetes patients, but this is now an increased percentage of deaths while mortality rates from dementia and liver disease have increased. Lifestyle modifications, including nutrition and exercise, are the foundation for the management of type 2 diabetes. Drug treatment of diabetes now includes metformin, which lowers liver production of glucose, sulphonylureas such as glyburide, which stimulate insulin production, thiazolidinediones such as pioglitazone which increase glucose uptake into tissues, prompting insulin secretion and decreasing appetite with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, including semiglutide, combined glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists such as tirzepatide and preventing the reabsorption of glucose in the kidneys by sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors such as dapagliflozin and empagliflozin. Research is continuing, so potential clinical use of adiponectin and fibroblast growth factor 21 could allow personalized approaches to lower blood glucose concentrations. Healthy eating plans are essential for long-term control of diabetes. Preclinical trials with anthocyanin-containing foods have shown regulation of blood glucose concentrations, improved gut microbiota, reduced insulin resistance and inflammation, and changed adipocyte function. Large prospective cohort trials in people in the USA have shown an inverse relationship between a healthy plant-based diet and the risk of developing diabetes. Dietary anthocyanin intake was linked to a 15% lower incidence of type 2 diabetes in 8 cohort studies involving 394,913 participants. In a summary of 18 human trials in type 2 diabetes from the last 5 years, anthocyanins reduced blood glucose and HbA1c concentrations and improved insulin secretion and resistance, especially in at-risk groups. Further, diets containing polyphenols such as anthocyanins may reduce the risk of developing diabetes. The incidence of type 2 diabetes decreased by 5% when the intake of anthocyanins increased by 7.5 mg/day. As examples, plums such as the Queen Garnet, Illawarra and Davidson’s varieties may contain 250-500 mg anthocyanins per 100g fruit. Other important dietary sources of anthocyanins include raspberries, bilberries, chokeberries, mulberries, and saskatoon berries. These clinical investigations support the preclinical studies that anthocyanins simultaneously affect many targets associated with type 2 diabetes. These studies reinforce that improving nutritional status in people with diabetes by adding anthocyanin-containing fruit to current treatment regimens is likely to improve clinical outcomes. Nutrition, exercise, and treatment with antidiabetic medications remain the key approaches to the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Todd D. Sonoga GenBio Inc. +1 949-705-8021 email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Facebook X GenBio Inc Elevator Pitch Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. 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