Zantac News

Judge Weighs Key Evidence Ahead of First Zantac Cancer Trial

Lawyers for a man who alleges he developed bladder cancer after taking GSK Plc’s heartburn drug Zantac urged a California judge on Thursday to allow expert testimony linking the drug to the illness at an upcoming trial. The trial in …

Plaintiff Drops Case in First Zantac Suit Set for Trial

The plaintiff in the first lawsuit over the heartburn drug Zantac scheduled to go to trial has agreed to drop his case, according to his attorney and drugmakers named as defendants. Tuesday’s news came days after shares of GlaxoSmithKline Plc …

Plaintiff in First Zantac Lawsuit Set for Trial Drops Case

The plaintiff in the first lawsuit over the heartburn drug Zantac scheduled to go to trial has agreed to drop his case, according to his attorney and drugmakers named as defendants. The news on Tuesday came days after shares of …

Carcinogen Worry Causes Generic Zantac Recall at U.S. Pharmacies

Some generic Zantac is being pulled from major chain pharmacies in the U.S. shortly after French officials recalled all versions of the popular stomach drug amid a global investigation into a carcinogen found in the pills. Canadian drugmaker Apotex Inc. …

Carcinogen in Zantac and Its Generics Triggers Probes by FDA, EU

Global health regulators sounded a coordinated alarm about the possibility that a stomach drug taken by millions of people could be tainted with the same cancer-causing agent that has sparked a worldwide recall of blood-pressure pills. Drug-safety officials in the …