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June 23, 2010

Paxil Litigation Over Birth Defects Shifts to Settlement

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Paxil Litigation Over Birth Defects Shifts to Settlement

Amaris Elliott-Engel

The Legal Intelligencer

June 23, 2010

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to settle almost 200 cases in which plaintiffs allege the use of the antidepressant Paxil caused birth defects.

Only one case in Philadelphia's mass tort Paxil program has gone to trial.

GSK has settled every other case scheduled for trial in the eight months since a Philadelphia jury awarded a $2.5 million plaintiffs verdict in the first Philadelphia Paxil test case to go to trial.

GSK started to appeal that plaintiffs verdict from October. The jury awarded only compensatory damages and no punitive damages. But GSK then decided to settle Kilker v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline along with another 190 cases, according to an order signed by Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Sandra Mazer Moss last week.

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Posted at 08:36 AM in Paxil |

Tags: birth-defects, drug-injury, GlaxoSmithKline, lawsuits, Paxil, settlements

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