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Sean Tracey: Won first Paxil birth defect case 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: December 11, 2009

Tags: drug litigation, Paxil, product liability

The first case out of over 600 in the multi-district litigation against GlaxoSmithKline over allegations that the antidepressant Paxil causes an increased risk of birth defects ended in a victory for the plaintiff.

Sean Tracey, who practices at the Tracey
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Glaxo must pay $2.5M in first Paxil test case 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: October 14, 2009

Tags: Paxil, product liability

GlaxoSmithKline Plc must pay $2.5 million over claims that its Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects, a Pennsylvania jury concluded in the first of 600 such cases to come to trial.

Exec: Glaxo linked birth defect of fetus to Paxil 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 18, 2009

Tags: Paxil, product liability

Officials of GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the U.K.’s largest drugmaker, said in 2001 that a birth defect in the fetus of a woman taking its Paxil antidepressant likely was linked to the drug, according to court testimony.

Glaxo memo suggested burying Paxil studies 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 16, 2009

Tags: Paxil, product liability

An executive of GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the world’s second-biggest drugmaker, talked about burying negative studies linking its antidepressant drug Paxil to birth defects, according to a company memo introduced at a trial.

Paxil e-mails must be turned over for trial 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 15, 2009

Tags: birth defects, Paxil, product liability

GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s e-mails with researchers studying birth defects allegedly caused by the drugmaker’s Paxil antidepressant must be turned over to a family suing over the drug, a federal judge ruled.

GlaxoSmithKline to defend Paxil in test-case trial 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 11, 2009

Tags: Paxil, product liability

GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the world’s second-biggest drugmaker, begins a trial in Philadelphia next week in what may be a test case for more than 600 lawsuits over claims its antidepressant drug Paxil causes birth defects.

Court denies preemption in Paxil suicide attempt case 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: August 10, 2009

Tags: Paxil, preemption, Wyeth v. Levine

A U.S. District Court in Wisconsin has denied GlaxoSmithKline’s claim that it is immune from liability for personal injury claims involving the anti-anxiety drug Paxil.

Attorneys prepare for pending Paxil litigation 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: July 27, 2009

Tags: Paxil

Over 600 cases currently pending in multi-district litigation against Glaxo Smith Kline allege that the anti-anxiety drug Paxil has caused heart defects in infants born to mothers who were prescribed the drug during pregnancy.