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Bayer pays $1.1 Billion to Settle 3,000+ Baycol Cases

August 10th, 2005 (forbes.com)

Bayer AG said that as of June 30 it has paid $1.138 billion to settle 3,017 cases worldwide related to its former cholesterol-lowering blockbuster drug Baycol (Lipobay), which was withdrawn from the market three years ago for safety reasons.

Cholesterol drug may soon be available over the counter

January 23, 2005 (www.capitalnews9.com)

There are currently six statins available by prescription, and another one, Baycol, was taken off the market four years ago because of potentially serious side effects.

Winds of litigation swirl around Merck

January 23, 2005 (www.northjersey.com)

Another attendee, Roger Orlando, an attorney in Decatur, Ga., said he has been involved with other pharmaceutical-related litigation including withdrawn fen-phen and Baycol drugs, and that Vioxx represented a stronger case compared with most. Orlando's firm opened a New Jersey office in Brick this year so it could file cases in Atlantic County, he said, keeping the litigation in state court where proof levels are not as high as in federal court, and where he likes the jury pool.

Weitz & Luxenberg is no longer accepting Baycol cases.

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