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GSK Lifted By $2.2bn Zantac Litigation Deal

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

The payout will bring GSK closer to resolving lawsuits which have occupied it for years – though investors are now likely to focus on new product growth concerns at the UK firm.

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GSK’s share price surged by 6% after it announced a multi-billion dollar deal to settle most of the remaining Zantac-related lawsuits against it.

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  • GSK and other companies have faced lawsuits since the US FDA called for ranitidine products to be removed from the market in 2020.

The company has agreed to pay $2.2bn to settle around 80,000 outstanding US-based liability cases alleging that Zantac (ranitidine) caused...

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