Pharmaceutical negligence attorneys who stand with you.
You trusted a medication to help you. If it harmed you instead, that trust was betrayed, and someone in the supply chain bears legal responsibility for what happened.
At Gold & Gold, P.A., we represent patients who were injured by defective or dangerous drugs: prescription medications, over-the-counter products, compounded preparations, and devices that delivered the wrong dose. These cases pit individual patients against pharmaceutical giants, compounding pharmacies, and distributors with enormous legal resources. For over forty years our trial team has gone into those fights and won.
Pharmaceutical cases are technically complex. They require pharmacology experts, clinical literature, and a deep understanding of FDA approval and labeling requirements. We retain those experts, build that record, and take these cases to verdict when a fair settlement is not on the table.
Why legal support matters after a drug injury.
Pharmaceutical companies and their insurers act quickly after an adverse event, often to limit what you recover. An experienced attorney levels the playing field:
Identifying every party in the chain, manufacturer, distributor, compounder, and pharmacy
Preserving medical records, prescription logs, and the product itself before they disappear
Retaining pharmacology and toxicology experts to link the drug to your injury
Evaluating strict liability, negligence, and failure-to-warn theories simultaneously
Monitoring FDA recall and safety alert databases for related claims
Coordinating with multidistrict litigation (MDL) counsel when mass-tort filings are underway
Drug harms we know best.
Pharmaceutical negligence takes many forms, and the legal theory often turns on exactly where in the chain the failure occurred.
We handle the full spectrum of drug-injury claims:
Dangerous or defective drugs, medications with undisclosed side effects, improper formulations, or design defects that make them unreasonably dangerous for their intended use.
Compounding errors, improperly prepared or contaminated medications produced by compounding pharmacies, including wrong concentration, wrong ingredient, or sterility failures.
Dosage and labeling failures, products that deliver the wrong dose, carry inadequate instructions, or lack critical contraindication warnings for foreseeable patient populations.
Failure to warn, cases where a manufacturer knew of a serious risk and failed to update labeling or alert prescribers, leaving patients uninformed of dangers that could have changed their treatment.
Recalled and withdrawn drugs, injuries caused by products later pulled from the market after post-market surveillance revealed harms the manufacturer downplayed or concealed.
Pharmacy dispensing errors, the wrong drug, wrong dose, or dangerous drug interaction caused by a retail or hospital pharmacist's negligence.
Strict liability changes everything.
You do not have to prove the manufacturer was careless.
Under Florida's strict products-liability doctrine, a drug manufacturer can be held responsible for a defective product even without proof of negligence. If the drug was unreasonably dangerous when it left the manufacturer's control and that danger caused your injury, liability follows. This is fundamentally different from ordinary medical-malpractice claims, which require proof that a doctor fell below the standard of care. In pharmaceutical cases, the product itself is on trial. Failure to warn is the most common theory: if the manufacturer knew of a serious risk and did not adequately disclose it, the entire chain of sale may share liability.
Drug-injury cases are built on science and records.
We follow a disciplined process to connect your injury to the product and hold the right parties accountable:
Securing the product and prescription record
Remaining medication, packaging, lot numbers, and pharmacy fill records are preserved immediately. This evidence is the foundation of causation.
Retaining the right experts
Pharmacologists, toxicologists, and clinical specialists review your records and establish that the drug caused your specific injury, ruling out other causes.
Mapping the liability chain
We identify every entity, manufacturer, licensor, distributor, compounder, and dispensing pharmacy, and evaluate the strongest theory against each.
Evaluating FDA and regulatory history
Adverse event reports, warning letters, recall history, and internal manufacturer communications often reveal knowledge the company concealed from the public.
Coordinating with broader litigation when applicable
When a drug has harmed many patients, MDL or class-action coordination can amplify discovery. We monitor those dockets and act in your best interest.
Drug-injury claims reach far beyond medical bills.
- Past and future medical expenses
- Corrective surgery and ongoing treatment costs
- Lost wages and reduced earning capacity
- Costs of long-term medication management
- Out-of-pocket expenses related to the injury
- Pain and suffering
- Permanent disability or disfigurement
- Emotional distress and anxiety
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of consortium for affected family members
In cases involving concealment, where a manufacturer hid known risks from regulators and the public, Florida law allows pursuit of punitive damages designed to punish willful misconduct and deter future harm.
Time is the one thing you cannot recover.
Florida's statute of limitations gives most drug-injury victims two years from the date they discovered, or reasonably should have discovered, the connection between the medication and their harm. In recall cases, the clock may run from the recall date. Waiting costs you evidence, witnesses, and leverage.
Manufacturers and their defense teams begin their investigation immediately. Lot-specific production records, internal communications, and key witnesses are easier to reach early. The sooner you call us, the sooner we protect your ability to pursue the full compensation your injury demands. If we take your case, you owe us nothing unless we win.