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Article: A CLASS ACTION AGAINST PONDERAL'S MANUFACTURERS.
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- Alberta Report
- Article date:
- October 23, 2000
- Author:
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* The Ontario Superior Court of Justice on September 13 allowed Sheila Wilson to become the representative plaintiff in a class action against French drug manufacturer Biofarma and its distributor, Servier Canada Inc. In 1995-96, Ms. Wilson took the weight-loss drug Ponderal for 12 months on the advice of her doctor. Biofarma and Servier took the drug off the market in 1997. In 1998 Ms. Wilson was diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension, a serious illness which is often terminal. Justice Peter Cumming's order ...
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