{"id":2240593,"date":"2024-05-08T22:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-to-settle-10k-lawsuits-over-drug-linked-to-cancer-costing-company-millions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T22:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:56:40","slug":"pfizer-to-settle-10k-lawsuits-over-drug-linked-to-cancer-costing-company-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-to-settle-10k-lawsuits-over-drug-linked-to-cancer-costing-company-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer Settling 10K Cancer-Linked Drug Lawsuits, Costing Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpfizer-to-settle-10k-lawsuits-over-drug-linked-to-cancer-costing-company-millions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pfizer, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-set-to-rake-in-15-billion-from-covid-19-vaccine-sales\/\" title=\"Pfizer Set To Rake In  Billion From COVID-19 Vaccine Sales\">pharmaceutical giant<\/a>, will settle more than 10,000 lawsuits related \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instead-of-being-fed-false-assurances-of-safety-women-deserve-to-know-all-the-risks-of-hormonal-birth-control\/\" title=\"Instead Of Being Fed False Assurances Of Safety, Women Deserve To Know All The Risks Of Hormonal Birth Control\">cancer risks<\/a> from their Zantac product. The FDA warned about NDMA, a cancer-causing contaminant\u200c in Zantac, leading \u2063to \u2063the lawsuits. Terms of the settlements remain undisclosed,\u200b with Sanofi settling 4,000 cases\u2064 for $100 million. \u200cGSK \u200bhas also \u2063settled some suits regarding \u2063this \u200cissue. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-arrives-in-new-york-for-start-of-civil-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"LIVE: Trump arrives in NY for civil fraud trial.\">legal battle involves<\/a> up to 70,000 cases against Big Pharma companies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/%20\"><span>Warner Todd Huston<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 8, 2024 at 6:20pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Big Pharma giant Pfizer confirmed on Wednesday that it will settle more than 10,000 lawsuits over allegations that the company failed to warn people about possible cancer risks caused by their Zantac product.<\/p>\n<p>Zantac is the company\u2019s once-popular anti-heartburn medication featured in a multitude of television commercials, many of which featured an animated fireman character.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2020, the Food and Drug Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fda-pulls-authorization-original-pfizer-moderna-covid-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> that Zantac and its generic version, called ranitidine, should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-requests-removal-all-ranitidine-products-zantac-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled<\/a> from the shelves after a cancer-causing substance called NDMA was discovered as a contaminant linked to the medication.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the company has agreed to settle the thousands of cases filed in state courts all across the nation over the substance, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-05-08\/pfizer-agrees-to-settle-more-than-10-000-zantac-cancer-lawsuits?srnd=homepage-uk&#038;sref=MTy2GeXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Terms of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-pfizer-profits-plummet-covid-vaccine-treatment-sales-evaporate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> settlements have not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPfizer has explored and will continue to explore opportunistic settlements of certain cases if appropriate, and has settled certain cases,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pfizer-suffers-massive-quarterly-loss-covid-vaccines-paxlovid-doses-returned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other<\/a> companies began developing the generic version of ranitidine in 1997 once Glaxo\u2019s patent for the ingredient expired, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/08\/business\/pfizer-to-settle-over-10k-lawsuits-linking-zantac-to-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company has not sold a Zantac product in more than 15 years and did so only for a limited period of time,\u201d the statement from Pfizer added.<\/p>\n<p>After the FDA made its recommendation to pull the product, thousands of lawsuits were filed against pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, GSK, Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim.<\/p>\n<p>Sanofi already settled about 4,000 lawsuits last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-22\/sanofi-to-pay-100-million-to-settle-zantac-cancer-lawsuits?sref=MTy2GeXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reported that Sanofi will pay $100 million in its settlement, marking an average of $25,000 for each plaintiff.<\/p>\n<p>But Sanofi still faces more than 20,000 lawsuits in the state of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, there are up to 70,000 cases in Delaware courts against Sanofi and the other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-pharma-holding-refugee-vaccination-initiative-liability-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Pharma<\/a> companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanofi is settling these cases, not because we believe the claims have any merit, but rather to avoid the expense and ongoing distraction of the litigation,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Like Sanofi, GSK has settled some of the suits leveled against the firm.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-13397133\/Pfizer-agrees-settle-10-000-lawsuits-accusing-pharma-giant-hiding-cancer-risks-heartburn-drug-Zantac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, NDMA is a common byproduct of many industrial processes, including the making of rocket fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNDMA is a \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-lawmakers-high-costs-slowing-action-on-contaminant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018forever chemical<\/a>,\u2019 meaning that it doesn\u2019t degrade, or break down, naturally in our bodies and is believed to cause DNA damage,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-43\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-43\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-43\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-43\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-43\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-at-host-of-the-view-dares-panel-to-invite-him-on-as-a-guest\/\" title=\"Byron Donalds Takes Shot at Host of 'The View,' Dares Panel to Invite Him On as a Guest\">writing career penning articles<\/a> about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. Follow him on Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer, the pharmaceutical giant, will settle over 10,000 lawsuits accusing them of not warning about cancer risks from their Zantac product. 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