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Alabama federal judge: Time to end nationwide litigation against Pfizer anti-smoking drug Chantix
By Kent Faulk | [email protected]
The Birmingham News
October 06, 2014
FLORENCE, Alabama - All of the nearly 2,900 lawsuits claiming pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.'s smoking cessation drug Chantix triggered suicidal thoughts and other psychological problems in patients have been settled - for about $300 million - so the nationwide litigation should now be dismissed, a federal judge in Alabama ruled Monday.Despite the end to those lawsuits, Pfizer next week will continue its fight with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a less severe warning label for Chantix.
U.S. District Court Judge Inge Johnson on Monday held the final status conference in the litigation at the federal courthouse in Florence. Johnson had been appointed by United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in late 2009 to preside over all the Chantix cases being filed in the United States.
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