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<p>--- In <a href="mailto:uksurvivors%40yahoogroups.com">uksurvivors@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a>, "jeremy9282" <jeremybryce1953@<wbr>...> wrote:<br>
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Glaxo must pay $2.5M in Paxil case<br>
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<a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/business_breaking/20091013_Glaxo_must_pay__2_5M_in_Paxil_case.html">http://www.philly.<wbr>com/inquirer/<wbr>breaking/<wbr>business_<wbr>breaking/<wbr>20091013_<wbr>Glaxo\<br>
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By Miriam Hill<br>
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INQUIRER STAFF WRITER<br>
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GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. must pay $2.5 million to settle a claim that its<br>
Paxil antidepressant caused severe heart defects in a 3-year-old<br>
Bensalem boy, a Philadelphia common pleas jury ruled today.<br>
<br>
The verdict is the first in 600 cases alleging that London-based Glaxo<br>
knew Paxil caused birth defects and hid those risks to boost profits.<br>
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The drug, approved for U.S. use in 1992, generated about $942 million in<br>
sales last year, 2.1 percent of Glaxo's total revenue.<br>
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London-based Glaxo has major operations in the Philadelphia region.<br>
<br>
Michelle David had claimed that her 3-year-old son Lyam Kilker suffered<br>
life-threatening heart defects because she took Paxil while she was<br>
pregnant with him.<br>
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Glaxo issued a statement saying it disagrees with the verdict and will<br>
appeal.<br>
<br>
"While we sympathize with Lyam Kilker and his family, the scientific<br>
evidence does not establish that exposure to Paxil during pregnancy<br>
caused his condition. Very unfortunately, birth defects occur in three<br>
to five percent of all live births, whether or not the mother was taking<br>
medication during pregnancy," the company's statement said.<br>
<br>
David and Kilker's lawyers, Sean Tracey of Houston and Jamie Sheller of<br>
the Philadelphia firm Sheller P.C., argued that Glaxo withheld<br>
information from consumers and regulators about the risk of birth<br>
defects and failed to properly test Paxil.<br>
<br>
"The first win is always huge, especially when you get a jury saying the<br>
drug caused the injury," Sean Tracey, Kilker's lawyer, told Bloomberg in<br>
an interview after the jury reached its decision.<br>
<br>
Glaxo's lawyer, Chilton Varner of King & Spalding in Atlanta, countered<br>
that the company reported any sign of problems to federal authorities.<br>
She had accused Tracey of cherry-picking sentences from documents.<br>
<br>
During the trial, she also noted that Kilker, who underwent several<br>
surgeries to fix his heart problems today "has no cardiac symptoms . . .<br>
is at preschool and runs and walks like an [almost] 4-year-old should."<br>
<br>
In its statement today, Glaxo said it "acted properly and responsibly in<br>
conducting its clinical trial program for Paxil, including sharing<br>
documentation and submitting results from studies on Paxil to<br>
regulators."<br>
<br>
Kilker will require more surgeries as he grows.<br>
<br>
David was a former cheerleader for the Philadelphia 76ers.<br>
<br>
The case was heard by Judge Stephen Levin in Common Pleas Court.<br>
<br>
The FDA initially classified Paxil as a drug with no known connections<br>
to birth defects. In 2005, the agency reclassified it as a drug with<br>
some evidence of human fetal risk but allowed doctors to continue<br>
prescribing it to women of childbearing age if the benefits outweigh the<br>
risks<br>
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