Class-action suits filed against Avandia makers in Canada
The Canadian Press reports Tony Merchant of The Merchant Law Group is attempting to launch class action lawsuits in two provinces against the makers of Avandia. The group filed statements of claim in Saskatchewan and Ontario, alleging GlaxoSmithKline should have done more to warn consumers of the drug's risks. Merchant says statements of claim will be filed in other provinces later this week. "(The plaintiffs) have suffered heart attacks or suffered loss of their vision, and in some cases they have died," Tony Merchant alleged. "Every drug does some good or bad," he continued. "The question is whether people were sufficiently warned.
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