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Takeda Settles Actos Litigation for $2.3 Billion

Takeda Settles Actos Litigation for $2.3 Billion

September 16, 2015 — Takeda Pharmaceuticals has enough participants to ink a $2.3 billion settlement for about 10,000 people injured by bladder cancer after taking Actos, a type-2 diabetes drug.

With 96% participation, Takeda can move forward with the settlement. To sweeten the deal, Takeda will float another $100 million if 97% of claimants accept. Only 75% had signed up in early August, leading some experts to question whether the deal would survive.

As it stands now, each claimant is eligible for about $296,000. The payout could be reduced for risk-factors like smoking and toxin exposure.

The settlement should resolve most of the 4,500 lawsuits in California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and West Virginia. Another 4,800 lawsuits are also pending in a centralized federal litigation in Louisiana, according to an update (PDF) from the Judicial Panel on Multi-district Litigation (JPML).

Takeda defends the safety profile of Actos, backed up by a recently-completed 10-year study that found no increased risk of bladder cancer associated with Actos. However, the study did find higher rates of pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer.

However, 5-year results from the same study found a 41% increased risk of bladder cancer associated with using high-dose Actos for at least a year. Those results led the FDA to issue a Safety Warning. After lawsuits were filed, evidence emerged that Takeda downplayed evidence linking Actos and cancer.

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