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February 01, 2012

Glaxo Settles 20,000 Lawsuits Over Avandia, Lawyer Says

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Glaxo Settles 20,000 Lawsuits Over Avandia, Lawyer Says

February 01, 2012, 3:16 PM EST

By Jef Feeley

 

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc, which is paying $3 billion to resolve government claims that it illegally marketed drugs such as the Avandia diabetes medication, agreed to settle more lawsuits over the pills, a lawyer said.

Glaxo, the U.K.’s biggest drugmaker, agreed last month to resolve more than 20,000 cases alleging Avandia causes heart attacks, said Paul Kiesel, a lawyer for former users. The accord, reached in court-ordered mediation, included a case that was set for trial in state court in Los Angeles, he said.

“We are pleased the mediation has successfully resulted in the settlement of a significant number of the remaining cases,” Kiesel, one of the lead lawyers for plaintiffs in the Avandia litigation, said yesterday in a telephone interview.

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Tags: Avandia, drug injury, Glaxo, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, law, lawsuits, settlements

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