The common claim in the lawsuits is that a contaminant in Zantac (ranitidine) called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) – as well as other ranitidine products – increased the risk of cancer.

The company has agreed to pay $2.2 billion to settle around 80,000 state court product liability cases alleging injury from Zantac (ranitidine), most of which had been consolidated in a Delaware ...

The agency cited concerns that ranitidine could degrade into NDMA, a carcinogen, over time or when exposed to heat. Pfizer ...

Zantac Litigation is Born “The best starting point involves a private company known as Valisure. Valisure theorized that ranitidine [aka Zantac] has the potential to degrade into a carcinogen known as ...

British pharmaceutical company GSK on Wednesday said it swung into a net loss in the third quarter after settling lawsuits in the United States surrounding its Zantac heartburn drug.

GSK targets £38 billion in sales by 2031, but market estimates fall short at £35.7 billion These cases account for 93% of the Zantac (ranitidine) lawsuits currently pending against the company.

GSK shares jumped as much as 6.5% on Thursday after the British drugmaker struck a $2.2 billion settlement over U.S. lawsuits that alleged its discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer.

Plaintiffs argued that the company knew that Zantac’s active ingredient, ranitidine, turned into the potential carcinogen NDMA under certain conditions. The US Food and Drug Administration asked ...

The agency cited concerns that ranitidine could degrade into NDMA, a carcinogen, over time or when exposed to heat. Pfizer has agreed to settle most of the Zantac cases against it in state court ...