A federal multidistrict litigation for plaintiffs who allege that their use of over-the-counter Tylenol caused their livers to fail or be poisoned was approved this week to be presided in front of U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Drugmakers McNeil/Johnson & Johnson, Novartis and L. Perrigo Co. opposed the consolidation of 27 cases in front of Stengel. But McNeil and Perrigo did favor the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as the site of the MDL if one was approved.

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