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November 08, 2011

Glaxo Facing Mediation Push to Resolve Avandia Lawsuits

Quoted from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-08/glaxo-facing-mediation-push-to-resolve-avandia-lawsuits-1-.html

Glaxo Facing Mediation Push to Resolve Avandia Lawsuits

By Jef Feeley - Nov 8, 2011 3:34 PM ET

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK), which has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve claims it illegally marketed its Avandia diabetes drug, is facing a judge’s push to resolve most of the remaining patient lawsuits over the medication.

U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe said yesterday she appointed a mediator to “preside over settlement negotiations” for an unspecified number of Avandia cases consolidated before her in Philadelphia. Rufe set a 75-day deadline to resolve 85 percent of the remaining cases, according to court filings.

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Tags: Avandia, drug injury, lawsuits, settlements

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