A federal judge tossed all the plaintiffs’ general causation experts in thousands of cases filed over heartburn medication Zantac.
Tuesday’s opinion, by U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach, Florida, effectively dismissed the Zantac multidistrict litigation, which involves about 50,000 claims. In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an involuntary recall of heartburn medication ranitidine, including Zantac, after discovering the presence of a possible carcinogen.
