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Zantac

  • GSK shares rise after £1.7bn Zantac settlement

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    GSK shares have spiked today after the pharmaceutical giant agreed to pay as much as $2.2bn (£1.68bn) to settle lawsuits alleging one of its heartburn drugs had caused cancer. The discontinued version of the drug, Zantac, had triggered 80,000 lawsuits from 10 different law firms in the US and has hung over the FTSE 100 [...]

    GSK higher after settling Zantac cases
  • Pharma giants GSK, Pfizer and Sanofi granted supreme court hearing in Zantac cancer lawsuits

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    Delaware’s top court is set to hear an appeal from GSK and other pharmaceutical giants to throw out over 70,000 lawsuits alleging that the now-discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer. The companies, which also include Pfizer and Sanofi, are challenging a lower court ruling that allowed expert testimony claiming Zantac causes cancer – a link [...]

    GSK higher after settling Zantac cases
  • GSK wins latest Zantac trial as jury finds drug did not cause woman’s cancer

    pharma

    GSK - formerly GlaxoSmithKline - has won its latest trial over whether its most popular drug caused cancer on Monday, after a jury found it was not the root cause of an American woman's illness.

    GSK said on Monday its blood cancer drug Blenrep, when used as a second-line treatment in patients with myeloma, met its primary goal.
  • FTSE 100 pharma giant GSK kicks off Zantac appeal as company seeks to limit damages

    June 11, 2024

    GSK has launched an appeal against the Delaware Superior Court's recent so-called Daubert ruling.

  • GSK shares drag the FTSE 100 as company faces muli-billion pound bill after Zantac trial ruling

    June 3, 2024

    GSK has hit back against a US ruling that found it could be sued over the potential cancer-causing properties of its heartburn drug Zantac.

  • GSK: How much could the Zantac lawsuits cost?

    June 3, 2024

    Last month, Shore Capital analysts estimated that up to $30bn (£24bn) for litigation was already priced into GSK’s shares.

  • GSK: Cancer claims plague pharma giant as it settles another Zantac case

    February 29, 2024

    GSK has reached another confidential settlement in a Californian lawsuit that had alleged its best-selling indigestion drug, Zantac, was carcinogenic.

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