Documents updated today show that 2,750 lawsuits are now pending in the multidistrict litigation involving Actos, which is currently being heard inU.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. By anyone's estimation, that's a huge number of cases - and a sign of just how large an impact Takeda Pharmaceutical has had on patients' lives. With thousands of cases pending, the stakes are pretty high. The latest news from the court is good. A status conference held on December 11 revealed that a new bellwether has begun in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada for Clarks County. The plaintiff in the case reportedly began taking Actos before bladder cancer warnings were added to the drug's label in 2011. Actos was subject to an FDA warning on June 15, 2011 after medical studies suggested a link between patients who took the drug for more than a year and an increased risk of bladder cancer.