Tag Archives: Glaxosmithkline
Avandia judge: GSK removal to federal court premature, sends suits back to Phila. Common Pleas Court
U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, recently granted a motion by two health insurers to remand their respective Avandia drug cases to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The decision by Rufe doesn’t mean the … Read More
Pa. Superior Court affirms Phila. judge’s granting summary judgment to Glaxo in Paxil infant death case
A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has affirmed a granting of summary judgment to drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in a Paxil products liability case involving a deceased infant, but the judges stressed they were upholding the decision for reasons other than those offered … Read More
Glaxo lawyers move to transfer Paxil mass tort claim from Phila. to federal court
Lawyers representing pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline have filed a notice of removal at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania seeking to transfer a Paxil mass tort claim that was originally filed at Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court to the … Read More
Defense lawyers seek to transfer suit alleging injuries from deformity-causing thalidomide from state to federal court
Attorneys representing a handful of defendants named in a thalidomide products liability case initiated by three plaintiffs at Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas last month are seeking to have the case transferred out of Pennsylvania state court and into the … Read More
Pa. gets $2.7 million from Glaxo national settlement involving claims of drug price-fixing
Older Pennsylvanians will benefit from settlement dollars that came from the resolution of a lawsuit against drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, in which the pharmaceutical company was accused of engaging in false and misleading drug pricing practices. Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly announced … Read More
N.C. couple files Avandia products liability claim in eastern Pa.
A North Carolina man who claims he sustained heart problems three years ago as a result of taking the diabetes drug Avandia has filed a federal lawsuit against the makers of the drug in eastern Pennsylvania. Rock McIlvain alleges that … Read More
Pa. to receive $4 million-plus from national GSK Avandia settlement
The commonwealth is poised to receive more than $4 million from a $90 million national settlement that resolves allegations that drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline unlawfully promoted its diabetes drug Avandia, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced late last week. Attorney General Linda … Read More
Former FDA commissioner can testify at trial in Flonase antitrust case
The federal judge overseeing the Flonase antitrust litigation against drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has ruled that a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration can offer expert witness testimony at trial. U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody, sitting in the Eastern … Read More
Judge transfers Paxil products liability claim to District Court in Louisiana
A federal judge in Philadelphia has granted a motion by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to transfer a Paxil products liability claim to the U.S. District Court in western Louisiana. Cinda McLaughlin had sued the pharmaceutical manufacturer over injuries she allegedly sustained after … Read More
N.C. attorney re-files products liability claim in Avandia MDL in Phila.
A North Carolina attorney representing a man who claims he suffered vision loss and other problems as a result of his taking the diabetes drug Avandia has re-filed a products liability claim against drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in federal court in Philadelphia. … Read More