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Maker of Paxil agrees to settle suits brought over birth defects
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Legal Intelligencer: GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Paxil, “has agreed to settle almost 200 cases in which plaintiffs allege the use of the antidepressant caused birth defects,” reports Amaris Elliott-Engel. In the only case in Philadelphia’s mass tort Paxil program that has gone to trial, a jury awarded the plaintiff $2.5 million.
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