Tepezza^® Lawsuits

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Tepezza is a Treatment for Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)

In January 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tepezza, Horizon Therapeutics’ treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED), under the Fast Track and Breakthrough Therapy Designation. The FDA also gave Tepezza an Orphan Drug designation because TED was considered a rare disease for which other treatments were not readily available.

Thyroid eye disease is an autoimmune disease that involves inflammation of the eye muscles and fatty tissue behind the eye. Symptoms of TED include dry, red, bulging, or watery eyes; double vision; difficulty closing the eyes; and vision problems. TED is primarily associated with an overactive thyroid gland due to Graves’ disease.

Numerous Studies Link Tepezza and Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

In just the few years since 2020 when Tepezza became the first and only FDA-approved treatment for thyroid eye disease, numerous studies have found that hearing loss and tinnitus are associated with its use. Examples include:

• In Phase 2 and Phase 3 of Tepezza’s drug trial testing, funded by Horizon Therapeutics, 10 percent of the participants reported hearing loss symptoms including deafness.
• In 2021, the results of a study of just under 30 patients who had received four infusions of Tepezza found that more than half of them experienced hearing loss symptoms.
• A study of Tepezza in 2022 found that the rate of hearing problems could be over 81 percent. In that study, 22 of the 27 participants developed hearing problems.
• Also in 2022, a woman in a case study developed tinnitus after her third dose of Tepezza and hearing loss after her fifth dose.

Tepezza Lawyers

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with hearing loss or tinnitus after receiving treatment with Tepezza, contact us to discuss filing a Tepezza lawsuit. You may be entitled to compensation for past and future medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, and possible punitive damages.

The consultation is free, and if we take your case, you pay us nothing unless you receive compensation.