UK pharmaceutical giant GSK says it will pay as much as $2.2bn (£1.68bn) to settle thousands of cases in US courts over claims that a discontinued version of its heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer.
GSK and other drugmakers fending off litigation claiming that gastrointestinal drug Zantac or a generic caused cancer have won a supreme court ruling in Canada, after also chalking up wins in the US.
In September 2019, the FDA announced that a small amount of cancer-causing chemicals, known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), were found in certain heartburn medications, such as Zantac.
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GSK earlier this month agreed to pay $2.3 billion to end lawsuits alleging that Zantac caused cancer, despite the group not admitting liability. Stripping out the litigation costs, GSK said ...
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