Settlement plan for Iressa drug damages suits rejected

Settlement plan for Iressa drug damages suits rejected

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa announces the government's decision to reject a court settlement plan for damages suits over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa in a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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