Day: September 19, 2015

Pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline paid over one billion dollars in 2012 in a settlement with the federal government over the sale and use an anti-nausea drug, Zofran. That has not, however, stopped the filing of at least one new lawsuit over damages from its use. A Billings couple has filed suit claiming that use of the drug during pregnancy caused the couple’s child to be born with cleft lip and palate. The Billings couple’s child was born in 1998, but they were unaware of any link between the drug and cleft lip and palate until 2015. The baby was diagnosed with the abnormality at the time of birth. She had 10 corrective