Glaxo Faces Lawsuits from U.S. Parents Over Paxil
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc is facing a number  of lawsuits from U.S. parents of children and adolescents given  its antidepressant Paxil, following claims the company  suppressed data showing the drug increased suicidal tendencies  in young people.
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Pfizer settled a lawsuit against a rival drug maker, Novartis, for alleged infringement of a United States patent for the antibiotic medicine Zithromax. Pfizer sued Novartis and Sandoz, a unit operating in the United States, in February 2006 in federal court in Wilmington, Del., saying it would be irreparably harmed by the rival companiesâ use of the invention for forms of crystal azithromycin; Pfizer sought unspecified damages. The parties have agreed to settle all claims over the 2005 drug patent, and the suit was dismissed June 25, according to court papers. Pfizer is based in New York, and Novartis is based in Basel, Switzerland.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L has agreed  to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a  lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information  about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York Attorney General's  office said on Thursday.
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Who can blame frightened, anxious parents for hoping that a miracle drug might be able to cure their dangerously depressed adolescents?
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The widow and son of a Texas man who was taking a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug at the time of his fatal heart attack has sued the drugmaker, claiming that it failed to warn of the drug's heart risks, according to court papers.
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A U.S. law firm plans to file a lawsuit seeking class-action status against Sanofi-Aventis  on behalf of shareholders, alleging the pharmaceuticals group hid the side-effects of its anti-obesity drug Acomplia, French daily Les Echos reported.
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Some stressed out parents in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai have been searching for a prescription stimulant to give their children ahead of this week's national college exams, the Beijing News said on Tuesday.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Plc and other makers of antidepressants may be required to tell doctors more about potential suicide risk among children and teenagers taking the pills, US regulators said.
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Some patients who are new users of antidepressants such as Paxil and Prozac and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may run a risk of abnormal bleeding, researchers said on Monday.
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Dec. 9, 2004 - New documents uncovered by ABC News suggest GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the popular antidepressant Paxil, failed to disclose important information about the possibility of an increased risk
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A panel is examining claims that GlaxoSmithKline tried to suppress a doctorâs criticism of its drug Avandia.
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Some stressed out parents in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai have been searching for a prescription stimulant to give their children ahead of this week&#39;s national college exams, the Beijing News said on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES -- A California couple is suing the maker of Children&#39;s Motrin, claiming the painkiller caused their 7-year-old daughter&#39;s blindness.
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An executive of the company that makes the diabetes drug Avandia said a researcher who was among the first to link it to heart problems would be held liable for the $4 billion GlaxoSmithKline PLC lost in stock value as a result of his findings, Dr. John B. Buse testified before congressional investigators yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $3.4 billion in the largest tax settlement in IRS history, resolving a dispute from the 1980s over the multinational company's U S profits.
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Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as part of a clinical trial for young people who have attempted suicide.
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC faces a US investor lawsuit claiming Europe's biggest drug maker misled shareholders about the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia.