Quoted from http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-15/glaxo-settles-almost-25-000-avandia-cases-under-mediation.html
Glaxo Settles Almost 25,000 Avandia Cases Under Mediation
February 15, 2012, 12:46 AM EST
By Sophia Pearson
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc settled almost 25,000 cases over its Avandia diabetes drug in mediation as multidistrict litigation begins to wind down, lawyers told a federal judge in Philadelphia.
In November, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe appointed a mediator to preside over settlement negotiations. She also set a 75-day deadline to resolve 85 percent of the remaining cases. While it was unclear in a court hearing today whether lawyers met the threshold, Rufe called the effort “a major success.”
“Mediation will no longer be the focus of this court’s effort,” Rufe said. “We will resolve the remaining cases through litigation.”