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Pfizer offers up to $250 mln to settle thousands of Zantac cancer lawsuits, FT reports

May 15, 2024 9:22 PM

May 16 (Reuters) - Pfizer ( PFE ) has agreed offer

payment of up to $250 million to settle more than 10,000

lawsuits in the United States over cancer risks associated with

its now-discontinued heartburn drug Zantac, the Financial Times

reported on Thursday.

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