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• RSV Vaccine Guillain-Barré Syndrome Side Effects To Be Added to Warning Labels for Abrysvo and Arexvy

  January 8, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA warns that the RSV vaccines Abryso and Arexvy may carry a risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome, and has required Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline to add new warnings to the drugs' labels.

• GSK To Pay $2.2 Billion To Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits Brought by 80,000 Consumers

  October 10, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs are being asked to approve a $2.2 billion settlement that would resolve about 80,000 Zantac cancer lawsuits filed against GlaxoSmithKline in various state courts nationwide.

• Delaware Zantac Lawsuits Continue To Be Filed As GlaxoSmithKline Appeals to State Supreme Court

  August 28, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  New complaints continue to be filed by former Zantac users diagnosed with cancer in Delaware state court, as GlazoSmithKline continues attempts to overturn a recent ruling that allowed the litigation to move forward under state-specific evidentiary rules.

• GSK Gets Expert Witness Excluded in Zantac Cancer Lawsuit in Florida Before Trial

  August 19, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Florida judge has dismissed plaintiff's expert testimony in a Zantac cancer lawsuit set to go to trial next month, meaning the cases will likely be dismissed due to an inability to link the recalled heartburn drug to the plaintiff's prostate cancer diagnosis.

• Jury Rejects Claim That Zantac Caused Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis of Illinois Woman

  August 6, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  An Illinois state court jury has ruled that GlaxoSmithKline is not liable for a woman's colorectal cancer diagnosis, which she said was caused by her use of recalled Zantac heartburn medications.

• GSK Continues To Settle Zantac Lawsuits Before Trial, While Maintaining Heartburn Drug Did Not Cause Cancers

  July 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  GlaxoSmithKline has told the SEC that it has reached a Zantac lawsuit settlement with a man who filed a cancer claim against the company in Illinois state court.

• Federal Appeals Court Returns Zantac Cancer Lawsuits Back To Connecticut State Court

  July 25, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  An appeals court ruling has approved the transfer of claims representing more than 850 individuals who have filed Zantac cancer lawsuits from federal to state court, over the manufacturers' objections.

• Zantac Lawsuits in Delaware State Court Cleared To Move Forward

  June 3, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Delaware judge has cleared the way for nearly 75,000 Zantac lawsuits to proceed, after rejecting efforts to have plaintiffs' expert witnesses dismissed.

• Jury Rejects Claim That Zantac Caused Cancer Diagnosis in First Bellwether Trial

  May 24, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Chicago jury has turned in a defense verdict in the first Zantac cancer trial, which claimed the recalled heartburn drug caused a woman to develop colorectal cancer.

• Zantac Cancer Risks Concealed By GlaxoSmithKline for Decades, Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges

  May 21, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A whistleblower lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline claims the company violated state and federal false claims laws by concealing the presence of NDMA, a cancer causing chemical, in the heartburn drug Zantac, which was later removed from the market and reformulated with a different active ingredient.