Luckily Pfizer Has Escaped Numerous Cases Regarding Zoloft

Pfizer has managed to escape hundreds of lawsuits regarding its product Zoloft that is causing birth defects

Thanks to the decision of Judge from Philadelphia who dismissed over 300 cases filed regarding Pfizer Incorporation medication, Zoloft. This medication by the US drug maker is prescribed to combat anxiety and depression among patients as it is an antidepressant. The lawsuits consisted of allegations that this medication was causing birth defects in children that were born to women who were consuming this medicine while they were pregnant.

The pharmaceutical company has already been making headlines for abandoning the $160 billion merge with the Ireland Botox maker, Allergen Plc., due to the changes in the rules and policies changed by the US Treasury that prohibited Pfizer from any inversions and changing its home address to Ireland rather than the United States. The merge would have helped the medicinal company to pay 17 to 18% of taxes instead of paying 25% that it currently pays as taxes to the US. It is only fair that it get some relieve such as the dismissal of these 300 lawsuits.

Pfizer Inc. received this news on Tuesday from the US judge, Cynthia Rufe, East of Pennsylvania, who dismissed the cases by giving the conclusion that there was not enough evidence to prove the allegations that were being made. The Judge believes that plaintiffs failed to produce the needed evidence to relate the accusations scientifically to the birth defects and the drug. The judge believed that it was appropriate to close the gates of litigation since plaintiffs was unable to prove the claims they made from a scientific perspective.

300 lawsuit have been dismissed, which were filed against Zoloft, a spokeswoman for the company, Neha Wadhwa said that this decision of the judge is correct as no evidence has been shed light at, that Zoloft is harmful for babies. The lawyer for plaintiffs has not made any immediate comments or returned calls according to Reuters.

The accusation that Zoloft causes birth defects in babies if the mothers consume this medicine during pregnancy includes congenital heart. Pfizer is also being accused for not warning pregnant mothers to not take this medicine, whoever in its defense the company said that it did keep the FDA and the public aware of the safety hazards regarding the medicine. No evidence to this statement of the Pharma giant has been put forward as yet.

Pfizer says that there is enough science that supports the safety of Zoloft, and that this drug is FDA approved, the benefits and the risks of this medication have been made very clear to the patients. In 2015, the Pharma organization managed to win two lawsuits over accusations in Philadelphia and St. Louis, and was able to escape the settlement money of $2.4 million. Both these cases were related to accusations against Zoloft and the birth defects that it causes.