Medical Cases
Cancer Risk linked to Diabetes Treatment
BySpringer Lyle & Dameron November 14, 2011March 28, 2025
By Frank Lyle “Actos” is the brand name for a drug (pioglitazone) used to treat adult onset, Type-II diabetes. In June of 2011, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the public that this drug may increase the risk of bladder cancer. The FDA required new warnings to be placed…
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Pharmaceutical Cases
Glaxo Suit on Avandia Heart Attack Death Settled on Trial’s Eve
BySpringer Lyle & Dameron March 15, 2011March 28, 2025
from Bloomberg.Com Glaxo Suit on Avandia Heart Attack Death Settled on Trial’s Eve GlaxoSmithKline Plc said it settled on the eve of trial a lawsuit alleging its Avandia diabetes drug caused a North Carolina man to die of a heart attack, avoiding a jury determination over risks associated with the…
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Pharmaceutical Cases
AstraZeneca and Seroquel Suits
BySpringer Lyle & Dameron March 15, 2011March 28, 2025
from Bloomberg.Com AstraZeneca Said to Pay $150 Million to Settle About 6,000 Seroquel Suits AstraZeneca Plc agreed to pay $150 million to settle more lawsuits claiming its antipsychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes, pushing the amount the drugmaker has paid to resolve cases over the medicine to almost $350 million, people…
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