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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Hideki Shimizu (R), a plaintiff who demanded compensation over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2011, together with Akio Chikazawa, a plaintiff in a similar suit filed in Tokyo. The Osaka District Court the same day ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine out of 11 plaintiffs, including Shimizu.

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Kin sue state, distributor over side-effects of Iressa cancer drug

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Chikazawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 25 after filing a damages suit against the state and AstraZeneca K.K., the Osaka-based Japanese subsidiary of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC, the maker and distributor of the lung cancer drug Iressa, for alleged failure to inform doctors of the risk of serious side-effects.

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Kin sue state, distributor over side-effects of Iressa cancer dr

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Chikazawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 25 after filing a damages suit against the state and AstraZeneca K.K., the Osaka-based Japanese subsidiary of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC, the maker and distributor of the lung cancer drug Iressa, for alleged failure to inform doctors of the risk of serious side-effects. (Kyodo)

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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Hideki Shimizu (R), a plaintiff who demanded compensation over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2011, together with Akio Chikazawa, a plaintiff in a similar suit filed in Tokyo. The Osaka District Court the same day ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine out of 11 plaintiffs, including Shimizu. (Kyodo)