BigLaw partner's widow is awarded $3M in suit claiming antidepressant caused his suicide


GlaxoSmithKline was ordered to pay $3 million to the widow of a lawyer who committed suicide while taking a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil. The widow of a former Reed Smith partner was awarded $3 million in a lawsuit contending that the maker of the antidepressant Paxil covered up the drug's link to an increased risk of suicide.



from Biotech News