Italy's supreme Court of Cassation
ordered pharmaceuticals giant Bayer to pay damages to a Venetian
doctor who had health problems after taking anti-cholesterol
medicine Lipobay.
The doctor developed muscle and respiratory problems that led to
spells in hospital after he started taking Lipobay.in 1999.
The top court described the medicine as "harmful and defective"
and dismissed Bayer's assertion that the product-information
leaflet gave sufficient warning about the drug's possible side
effects.
Bayer withdrew Lipobay.from the market in 2001.
The amount of the damages was not given.
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