Seroquel Lawsuit: New Evidence Says Company Knew Drug Caused Diabetes
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New evidence reveals that Seroquel manufacturer AstraZeneca may have known over ten years ago that the drug caused diabetes and weight gain.
According to a story in the New York Times, 102 previously sealed documents were made public last Thursday in a lawsuit brought by drug users against the manufacturer.
The story, by the Times writer Duff Wilson, quotes AstraZeneca publications manager John Tumas making the following statement, “…how do we face the outside world when they begin to criticize us for suppressing data.”
Seroquel is categorized as an “atypical antipsychotic”.
Zyprexa, also an atypical anti-psychotic, was the subject of numerous lawsuits in recent years by users claiming the maker failed to disclose that the drug caused diabetes.
Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Zyprexa, has paid out hundreds of millions dollars to compensate those claimants.
Currently, similar suits against AstraZeneca have failed to achieve similar success (the company won the first two court trials.)
However, with the disclosures from the sealed documents, it is possible that future trials my fare better for the Seroquel users.
Those lawyers representing the Seroquel users claim that AstraZeneca knew about the potential for diabetes and failed to disclose it and, therefore, compensation should be awarded to those who got diabetes from the drug.
If you know someone who got diabetes after using Seroquel we’d like to hear from you.
Rex Bush, attorney, webmaster of this site, and President of Bush Law Firm, has represented Seroquel users since 2005 and successfully represented many Zyprexa users in claims against Lilly.
Bush Law Firm represents injury cases in Utah around the country and has relationships with many other law firms who work in the area of injury law and who sue drug and medical device manufacturers.
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