Settlement of Avandia Lawsuits Reached in About 10,000 More Cases

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GlaxoSmithKline has reportedly agreed to pay $460 million to settle Avandia lawsuits filed by about 10,000 more people. The agreement comes as two FDA advisory committees have begun meeting to debate whether the controversial diabetes drug should be recalled from the market. 

The Avandia settlement was leaked to Bloomberg News the same day as the committees of independent advisors to the FDA were hearing evidence about the heart risks of Avandia that were the subject of the injury suits.

The settlement would resolve the majority of the outstanding Avandia lawsuits that have been filed against GlaxoSmithKline alleging that they failed to warn about the increased risk of heart attacks and other potentially life-threatening heart problems with Avandia.

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Avandia (rosiglitazone) was approved in the United States in 1998 to treat type 2 diabetes by helping control blood sugar levels. The drug has been used by millions of diabetics, but sales have plummeted in recent years as concerns have mounted about the risk of serious and potentially life-threatening heart risks with Avandia. Some experts estimate that Avandia has caused between 60,000 and 200,000 heart attacks and deaths due to cardiovascular problems in the U.S. from 1999 to 2006.

Speculation regarding the likelihood of an Avandia recall has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, as more and more information about the Avandia heart problems has been released in advance of the FDA advisory committee meetings. Last week, the FDA released data showing that agency drug reviewers were conflicted over the drug’s benefits and risks, with some of them indicating that data Glaxo has touted as establishing Avandia’s safety is unreliable.

The proposed settlement of Avandia lawsuits allegedly range between $46,000 to $70,000, depending on the particulars and severity of the claims.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC currently faces about 13,000 Avandia lawsuit claims filed by former users of the drug who allege that the drug company failed to adequately research their medication or warn users about the serious side effects. Therefore, the reported settlement would resolve the majority of cases currently pending. However, some Avandia lawyers are continuing to investigate and review new cases for individuals who continued to use the medication in reliance on GlaxoSmithKline’s misleading reassurances that the diabetes drug was safe.

In recent months, GlaxoSmithKline has reached Avandia settlements in about 5,700 other lawsuits, with reports suggesting that the value of some Avandia cases averaged about $86,000.

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Jeannie
MY husband died in January 2010 and I immediatly filed suit. I don’t actually know how long he took Avandia, as the VA gave it to him. He stopped taking it in June, 2007. He had three bad heart valves, CHF, and died from a massive coronary. He had none of this when he started taking Avandia. What I hear from my attorneys is that I started out in a firm in Boston, was moved to a firm in Dallas, and then to a firm in Fairhope, Al. This sound funny to you? What they tell me is that all this payments made stuff is bogus, that no settlement has been made by their company. I read in the New York Times that GSK has set aside 3.6 billion for Avanda suits and lawyers fees. If this is so, the per person settlement will be much more than what you ae saying.
Richard
I have attorneys in MO. Can’t find any info on a settlement. Have written and called with no success. I am not about to settle for $46,000 even if attorney fees are included. Avandia has ruined my life and just this year alone I have been hospitalized for 54 days with 13 surgeries. I have congestive heart failure, pericardiatis, swollen legs that led to cellulites, many broken bones all Avandia related and a heart murmur that developed during my last hospital stay. The next major heart attack will probably kill me. We all need some answers!
debbie
its up to the lawyers now and they can hold your money as long as they want too they can hold that money in a cd to draw interest they also dont give a damn about what a life is worth and more people they troll for the longer you will wait and that mean more money for them
Christina
Here it is, October 19th and NO FREAKIN’ update on what’s happening….I’ve been dealing with this since Thanksgiving Day 2005 (when my husband, at 41, dropped dead from Avandia)…..I’m part of the last 3,000 in the MDL and I have NO CLUE as to what is going on…..God help us all…….
Rebecca
Judge Rufe is the judge. The cases are being heard in PA. The phone number to the Mulit District Litigation Department is 215-597-7704 ask for case number MDL1871. Try that for answers. We are in the same boat. No answers from the attornies. Too many questions. Where are the so called 10,000 people that settled? $45,000 average?ummmmmmm NOT! we need to sue the FDA and the Dr’s that perscribed this crap! My heart goes out to the people who’s loved ones have died…
Brenda
so far i have read so many of your letters and i understand everyone of you we alll in the same boat , i called my attonry today and ask what was going on i got a letter telling me about a settealment for $45,000 and they would take $23,000 out of that for there exspence then medecare would take theres and i would be left with the rest, i ask what is the poiunt of my getting an attonry when the only ones getting paid is them i was the one who had 3 heart attacks and two stroks i was the one who had open hear surgey i was the one who could not work, please tell me whats the point to make somebody eles get richer, if this is how its going to be ill be dammed if im going to let the attoney have half of my settealment and medecare i dont see then in a wheel chair scared all over why should they get all the money and im left with the dripping of what they think i should have im so mad right now, i just read on line that 700 people just got 857,000 each and that the people in the usa will only get $45,000 and $40,000 of that will go to attoneys and medecare i pay to have my medcare and i dont think i should have to give them anything, if you buy insurance from a company they dont ask for money back in a law suit , so if i bought my insurance from medcare why should i have to pay it back . i had 4 bypass surgrys could not do a thing for 6 months and now i cart work. all i get is $453.00 m[er month to live on becouse of GSK i lift like this seem to me the Attonerys and medcare But me will get anything and im sure theres a lot of you out there who feel the same way as i do i took avandia for 6 years opart of my heart is dead now and they want to go back in to take the dead part out all becouse of a drug so much BS so whats the point i ask someone tell me if im thinking wrong good luck every one dont hold your breath
James
What I want to know is the 46 to 70 thousand is what you get, or before the Attorney takes his 40% ?Also where do they get these numbers? the rate for wrongful death is around 250 thousand Nation Wide so if they are giving you 70 thousand sounds like you guessed it somebody in a suit and tie is making a ton of money off your loved ones death.This is not fair and we need to change this whole system the lawyers need to know who the hell they work for so does are government but that’s a whole other story.
David
I guess you could say I am one of the lucky ones, I was taking avandia and was probably going to join many of you. I heard a pop in my head and everything went dark it seem like seconds but I really don’t know. After that my balance was off, vision blurred, memory loss, nausea, headaches and dizziness. I could barely function. I went to my doctor and all she could say was Oh! I was meaning to call and tell you to stop taking the drug. Well after several grueling months fill with test after test and several visit to emergency I was diagnosed having suffered a possible TIA and vertigo. So far, all the attorneys say I do not meet the profile. Granted I did not suffer as some of you, but believe me it was no picnic. Twist of fate, my doctor switch me to Byeeta, another dangerous drug and you guessed it! After several agonizing years of severe abdominal pains, nausea, vomitting, gallbladder removal and a multitude of tests I was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis, here I go again. The government/FDA does not care about us or else they would implement strigent guidelines and laws regarding the maunfacturing and marketing of new drugs. To be honest, I am sicker now before I started taking any of this crap.
hallie
I think I have an attorney. He is in MO. Does not return my calls Have serious heart attach and have chf. i don’t think you understand the fda employees goes to work for the drug company after they retire from fda. But found out that some of the employees work for the drug companies part time while they are still working for FDA. Now what kind of case can you have when things are like a web and everybody from the govt has their hands in the pot. The attorneys representing us is also a part of the scam.
Gene
I started taking avandia in 2002. In 2003 I had a heart attack and had 5 bypasses. In 2004 I had another heart attack, had a catherization and was told two bypasses were completly gone, two were closing back up. Luck the main artery was still open. Was told I had about two years left. sent home on meds. In 2006 I had another heart attack and a diff dr. went in and put in a stent. I still have angina, bone fractures in the past,galll bladder removed, and live wondering how much time I have left. Im 68 and was in good health until this mess. I have an attorney but wonder if I ll live to see any benefit. How can you put a value on what pain and suffering anyone in my position has gone thru. Betweeb Jan and may of 2010 I gradually quit taking this med and so far I feel a lot better and even the angina is not as bad as it use to be. Take meds for it but now can take about half the dose I took before I quit taking the advandia. God help us alll.
Michael
I think any reasonably intelligent person long ago knew that the FDA like the rest of our Corp! Uh, I mean government are owned outright by special interest groups and large companies. What this nation needs, has needed for a long time, is a proper revolution against our corrupt government. Shoot ’em all and be done with it. I don’t give a damn anymore, Avandia has shortened my life expectancy considerably thanks to two heart attacks and I am not a candidate for a bypass due to the extent of the damage. It’ll be interesting to see how many people get the same amount from this suit but suffered no real damages. Happens all the time, people lie their butts off, get doctor friends to help them lie and they rake in money for our pain. They should rot in hell!
carolyn
MY HUSBAND WAS ON THIS MEDICINE AND ENDED UP HAVING A MASSIVE CORONARY. THE PARAMEDICS WORKED ON HIM FOR 45 MINUTES. I HAD TO STAND THERE AND WATCH THIS AND CONTACT MY SONS AND TELL THEM THIER FATHER WAS DEAD. WE WERE MARRIED 46 YEARS AND HE DIED 1 WEEK BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY. IT REALLY GIVES ME SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. HOW DO YOU PUT A PRICE ON A LIFE? WHEN I LOST MY PARENTS IT WAS DEVASTATING BUT NOTHING CAN COMPARE WITH THE HEART BREAK WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN YOUR WHOLE LIFE FOR 46 YEARS. HE DIED ON JULY 6TH, 2006 I SAW HIM IN FRONT OF THE PICKUPAND HE GOT IN AND HIS HEAD WENT BACK AND I THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING A NAP. WHEN I GOT TO THE PICKUP HE WAS DEAD. I HAD PUT MY ARMS AROUND HIS NECK BEFORE WE WENT INTO TOWN AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM, SO I KNOW HE DIED KNOWING I LOVED HIM. I STILL AM HAVING PROBLEMS DEALING WITH THIS. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS.
john
i had 3 chf in 2205 and 2006 my dr. took me off avqandia after the second heartfailure i lost my job am on disability now have shortness of breath when will iever get any of the settlement money? i heard it will be next year i wonder if the attorneys and fda already recieved theres
Bc
I to took avandia from 1999-2007 and suffered a heart attack quadruple bypass and stroke.This medication is dangerious and need to be taken of the market. my onset started 2004 and they didn’t publish any true side effects and precautions or my dr. would have taken me off or not started this medication at all but once we heard he made adjustments.Because of this i have breathing, circulation and weight problem i am totaly disable and to disgusted that this can happen to number people and they have drs. and the facts to prove it had gsk put out their true facts this could have all been avoided
Steven
I took Avandia back in 2004 and 2005 never helped stablize my sugar levels. I feburary 2005 I had a major heart attack,almost dieing 3 times on the way to the hospitial,they had to use paddles on me three time in the ambulance,then my heart started racing when I got to the hospitial so they wrapped me in ice and put me in a comma. They later did a qudruple by-pass,Having to move the diapharm over my left lung and paralizing my left lung causing me to be short of breath quite often.It took me a year and half to get back on my feet and feel right again. Thought somedays I have problems breathing and somedays dont feel like doing anything. I now have erectile dsyfunction. My eyesight has gotten worse. I havent been able to take a vacation since 2005. Fiancially and due to health resons Have plagued my doing much like going to the nascar Races like I used to. I love to cut grass but not anymore I get out of breath real quickly pushing our mower. My wife has to do it now. This medicine has taken alot of enjoyment of life for me I consider it poison,they need to take it off the market. It has killed some people Thank god I’m still alive even though so much of my life has been taken away. Some of the cases settled for 53,000 and other some low sums but I feel Glaxosmithkline needs to pay me alot more my life has been ruined.
Robert
seems like gsh lawyers wer a heckuva lot smarter that those we patients hired.more i resd i see they have some very smart lawyers. wish i could have hired one of their lawyers..lol
Raul
Seems like I’m part of a growing clan of Avadia users who sufferered some kind of physical damage. Guess I got lucky, only lost part of my eyesight due to a stroke while taking it and had to have an angioplasty a year later. Glad I quit taking it after reading all the problems it was causing but only after I had already had the stroke. I agree that someone is getting their palms greased.
nancy
I am also so frustrated as i have been persuing this for over 3 years as the rest of u have….it took my mother from me and no amount of money can bring her back…but i will say if it is not acceptable to me..a life is surely worth millions…not 46,000.00..i will persue this on my own….wrongful death certainly should have to pay for that mistake….my mother was only 69 and had so much life left to live…she never even got to see her great grandbabies…that sucks and they should have to pay for taking that away from her.i tried several times to get her doc to take her off the crap but he insisted that it was the best med for her…bet he is eating freakin crow right now!!!!
Lisa
I like to know if anyone have received compensation from a avandia settlement and how much? I.I know some stupid ass cases that have settled for more than what GSK is offering. I just hired an attorney for the avandia. this drug caused me heart related problems along with medical and prescriptions bills over 75, 000. sure like to know what kind of settlement i’ll get for that. I can’t get any info from my attorneys yet other than, they’re waitng for my more medical bills to come in. Also, I agree that the FDA must have been paid off to keep this killer drug on the market.
jane
comment by jane on july 2010 I lost my husband in dec. of 2005 he was only 55 and had a heart attack which took 3/4 of my income from the home and still was left with all the monthly bills. He had been taking Advandia for only 8 months when he passed away. He had begin to have health problems by Sept. He was losing blood and they didn’t know why . I have even lost my home and had to move twice since then. There is only me and I also have some health problems I have had 2 different lawyers to represent me since april of 2006. Can’t get much of any anwers from anyone. I was told that my case was going to court in dec of 2009 and then i was told it would go to court in march of 2010 and would be decided on May 3,2010. when I called in june and left a message I got a letter telling me there was 4,500 other cases beside mine. Haven’t heard from anyone since and I am being represented in a wrongful death suit.
gdavis
I agree with all the comments, you keep hearing about settlements but never hear if anyone has been paid…my died in 2010 after taking advandia, actos, rezulin, all those poisons and I still don’t know if I will even get anything from the settlements….you call the attorneys and they don’t know either , I think this is a butch of crap….
Dave
My father passed away in April of a sudden heart attack and I just found out that he was taking this medication. What do I do so my mother can get part of the settlement?
robert
what amazes me is when all is said and done we who took this poison will be paid very little but the govt will get an enormous amount. sure do wish they had been the ones taking that poison instead of me. there is no amount of money that can replace the health and life i lost.
LORA
Who is the settlement money going to? I had my first onset of CHF in 2007 while still taking Avandia and was left on the drug. A month later I had a second CHF. It was only after the second occurrence that I was taken off of the drug. I filed my claim as soon as I became aware of the dangers of the drug. My whole life has changed because of this. So what happens now? And is GSK saying that a human life is only worth roughly $46,000? If they have been making settlement payments what states are receiving the money. I live in SC and have not heard of anyone here who has received anything.
robert
I have taken avadia for several years and as result has left me short of breath / cogested heart failier/ swelling. i am on oxygen.and have to use asleep apnea machine to help me breath. life is a struggle . i had to giive up a job i could do very well ‘ for several years now its all over’ no more work. i hope my atorneys get me the maximum suit for my injuries and suffering.
Dan
I may not be great at math but your articles references settlements of 10,000 Avandia cases, then later on in the article an additional 5,700 cases were settled. That is 15, 700 settled cases and only 13,000 are filed. How can they be settling more cases than are filed?
Shay
I totally agree with Christina! I wonder how much were the “kickbacks” the FDA received! I have a similar story such as Christina. Live in one state, have a lawyer in another state and still can not get any information regarding the wrongful death lawsuit against Avandia. What the heck is right! If they are settling so many cases, what happened to our case??? Guess what, if they offer me a less than 2 mil, I’ll see Glaxo in court because we WILL be going to trial! What’s another 3 years!!!! Lastly, why is the drug still on the market? THere have been many, many, lives lost due to this drug. C’mon FDA, where is the American Justice?
Christina
This is crap and adding to my STRESS..my husband died while taking Avandia, out of the blue at age 41 of a heart attack; he had Type II Diabetes; however, at autopsy, his weight, blood sugar, cholesterol etc were ALL normal, he had Diabetes because of family history, he wasn’t overweight or whatever….I have an attorney (in MO); however, I’m in Hawaii….I’ve been dealing with this crap for 3 years now, and don’t even know what the heck my attny is doing?? I know we haven’t “settled” yet, and for $46,00.00 average! I don’t think so!!! WHat the heck, I’m stressed and can’t even sleep trying to keep up to date on all this AVANDIA news….stupid FDA….makes me wonder how many of that PANEL are being paid off for their votes!!!
Jimmy
If there were 13,000 claims filed, why would they only have settled 10,000 of them, why wouldn’t they just settle them all??
margarita
I have been taken this drug since 2005 never had a problem but every time my lab area take my liver enzimy area elevated , also i was Dx of hear murmur never before
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