On this site you will find a description of the current status of the Osteonecrosis of the Jaw cases (CASE STATUS), a discussion about ONJ and links to various articles about the disease (ABOUT ONJ) and copies of orders issued by the Court relating to scheduling and various applications filed by the parties (ORDERS ISSUED BY THE COURT). You can also see some of the documents we have filed with the Court on your behalf (DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE COURT).
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ) is also known by several other names, such as avascular or aseptic necrosis of the mandible/ maxilla, Jaw Death, Dead Jaw disease, or Bisphossy Jaw. ONJ is a disfiguring and disabling condition where the jaw bones suffer literal bone death through infection and rotting. Z ONJ develops when the jaw fails to heal after minor trauma such as a tooth extraction that results in bone exposure.
On April 18, 2006, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation issued a transfer order in which it ordered that all Osteonecrosis of the Jaw cases against Novartis relating to Aredia and Zometa be centralized for pre-trial proceedings in the federal court in Nashville, Tennessee. Trials for individual Osteonecrosis of the Jaw cases likely will be conducted in each client's home state, not in Nashville.