The first scheduled trial over claims that GSK Plc's heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, which had been set to begin Monday, has been postponed, likely by several months.
heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, which had been set to begin Monday, has been postponed, likely by several months.
The case, brought by California resident James Goetz in Alameda County Superior Court, is now expected to go to trial in June or July, though no date has yet been set, spokespersons for GSK and Goetz's attorneys said on Thursday. Goetz alleges he developed bladder cancer from taking Zantac, and his case will offer an early test of how Zantac cancer claims may fare in state courts.all of the Zantac cases in federal court, some 50,000, after finding the opinions of the plaintiffs' expert witnesses linking Zantac to cancer were not backed by sound science.
Tens of thousands of cases still remain in state courts, many consolidated before Judge Evelio Grillo in Alameda. Grillo is currently
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