Pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical industry

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Transfers Zantac Products Liability Litigation to Southern District of Florida

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred the Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation to the Southern District of Florida, with the support of the defendants, who include Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline LLC, and others. The Panel held that the action involves common questions of

Pharmaceutical industry

Vaccine Supply Data Breach: Scottish Government Apologizes for Commercially Sensitive Information

A controversy emerged in Scotland when the government's vaccine deployment plan, published on January 13, included commercially sensitive information about vaccine supplies, breaching confidentiality agreements with manufacturers Pfizer and AstraZeneca. The plan was subsequently removed from the Scottish Government website, and the document was reuploaded on January 14