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Bloomberg News (8/9, Feeley, Kelley) reports, “AstraZeneca Plc will pay about $198 million to settle 17,500 lawsuits, or about two-thirds of the total, alleging its antipsychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes in some users.” As I mentioned in an earlier blog, AstraZeneca “previously agreed to pay at least $55 million to resolve more than 5,500 cases alleging the company knew Seroquel could cause diabetes and failed to adequately warn patients, people familiar with those settlements said. These earlier agreements are part of the 17,500 settlements, the company said.” The Financial Times (8/9, Jacobs) reports that the settlement stems from court-ordered mediation, a process where the parties meet together, discuss the issues, and work to come to a fair resolution. The Wall Street Journal (8/9, Zekaria) reported that analysts called the settlement figure relatively small, given the alleged defect of the product at issue. The AP (8/9) also covered the story.
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