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Avandia Side Effects Lawsuit News Archive

Can Drug Studies Be Trusted When the Drug Makers Have So Much Influence over the Research and Funding?
- Ennis & Ennis News
11/29/2012 - The next time your physician prescribes you a new medication, it may be a good idea to research what types of studies have been performed on that medication and exactly who funded the studies.
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GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to Pay $90 Million to Settle Illegal Promotion of Avandia Claims
- Ennis & Ennis
11/16/2012 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to pay $90 million to settle claims filed by state attorney generals in 38 states for illegally marketing the diabetes drug, Avandia.
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Failure to Report Avandia Safety Data and Illegal Promotion of Paxil and Wellbutrin Costs GSK $3 Billion
- Ennis & Ennis
07/03/2012 - On July 2, 2012, GlaxoSmithKline agreed to the largest-ever U.S. settlement involving healthcare fraud. GSK agreed to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil claims that it failed to provide regulators with information regarding the risk of congestive heart failure and heart attack associated with the diabetes drug Avandia.
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Majority of Avandia Cases Settle In Mediation
- Ennis & Ennis
02/16/2012 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently settled almost 25,000 additional Avandia diabetes drug claims in mediation, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. In November, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe appointed Patrick Juneau, a Louisiana lawyer, to mediate the cases, giving a 75-day period in which to resolve 85 percent of the cases.
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Judge Pushes to Resolve Avandia Product Liability Claims
Judge Appoints Mediator to Avandia Product Liability Cases and Establishes a Time Limit in which The Cases Must Be Resolved Or They Will Begin Trials, Explains Ennis & Ennis, P.A.
- Ennis & Ennis
11/11/2011 - Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe pushed GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Plaintiffs yesterday to resolve most of the remaining Avandia diabetes medication patient lawsuits by appointing a mediator to preside over settlement negotiations for an unspecified number of Avandia cases consolidated before her in Philadelphia (In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, 07-01871, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania). According to Ennis & Ennis, P.A., the Honorable Cynthia Rufe set a 75-day deadline to resolve 85 percent of the remaining cases.
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Avandia Drug Maker Agrees to Pay $3 Billion Settlement
Ennis & Ennis, P.A. explains the potential “Big Pharma” settlement.
- Ennis & Ennis
11/07/2011 - British pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), agreed to pay the US government $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations, reports Ennis & Ennis, P.A. If approved, the federal settlement will be the largest settlement for GSK, which is accused of illegally pushing its drugs.
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Avandia MDL Judge Denies Avandia Statute of Limitations Motion to Dismiss
- Ennis & Ennis
09/23/2011 - U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, the presiding judge on the federal Avandia litigation cases, denied GlaxoSmithKline’s Statute of Limitations Motion to Dismiss. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the manufacturer of Avandia, filed a Motion to Dismiss over 60 lawsuits, wherein the Plaintiffs allege the drug caused heart problems, arguing that the statute of limitations had expired on these claims.
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Under no circumstances should you discontinue taking any medication, including Avandia, without first consulting with your doctor.

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