Press releases
Press releases we've issued in relation to the Zantac litigation
9 October 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation – settlement agreements reached
GSK to resolve 93% (approximately 80,000 cases) of U.S. state court Zantac product liability cases for up to $2.2 billion.
18 September 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation – Russell and Hughes cases
GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today confirmed it has reached two confidential settlements in cases filed in California State Court with Mr. John Russell and Annette Hughes.
11 September 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation – Dixon case
GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today confirmed it has reached a confidential settlement with Mr. Isaac Dixon, resolving the prostate cancer case filed in Illinois State Court. GSK does not admit any liability in this settlement. The case will now be dismissed.
27 August 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation – Delaware Supreme Court to review Superior Court’s Daubert decision
GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) welcomes today’s decision by the Delaware Supreme Court that it will review the Delaware Superior Court’s decision allowing the introduction of plaintiffs’ expert evidence at trial. Interlocutory reviews are granted in exceptional circumstances, and GSK is pleased that the Supreme Court is of the view that such circumstances are present here.
15 August 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation - Florida State Court Daubert Ruling in Wilson case
Florida State Court’s ruling finds in favour of GSK and other defendants, excluding plaintiff’s experts’ general and specific causation testimony that ranitidine was a significant risk factor for Wilson’s prostate cancer
05 August 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation - Joiner case
Jury in Joiner case in Illinois state court finds GSK not liable for plaintiff's colorectal cancer
29 July 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation - Kimbrow case
GSK has reached a confidential settlement with Ronald Kimbrow resolving the case he filed in Illinois state court.
28 June 2024 -Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation – Gross case
GSK has reached a confidential settlement with Martin Gross resolving the case he filed.
10 June 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation - GSK starts process for appeal of recent Delaware Daubert decision
GSK confirms that the company has taken the first step to seek appeal of the recent Daubert ruling by the Delaware Superior Court.
10 June 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation - Kasza case
GSK welcomes the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the Kasza case previously pending in Illinois state court.
1 June 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation - Delaware State Court Daubert Ruling
GSK disagrees with ruling by the Delaware State Court and will immediately seek an appeal.
23 May 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation - Valadez and Williams cases
Jury in Valadez case in Illinois state court finds GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim not liable for plaintiff's colorectal cancer. Separately, the company welcomed the court ruling dismissing the Williams case that was due to start on 23 May 2024.
29 February 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
GSK confirmed it has reached a confidential settlement with Boyd/Steenvoord.
1 February 2024 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
GSK today confirmed it has reached a confidential settlement with David Browne, resolving the case filed by Mr. Browne in California state court.
11 October 2023 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
GSK today confirmed it has reached a confidential settlement in the Cantlay/Harper case filed in California state court.
23 June 2023 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
GSK confirmed it had reached a confidential settlement with James Goetz, dismissing the case in California state court.
12 May 2023 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
GSK welcomes the decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court in Dussiaume v. Sandoz Canada Inc. 2023 BCSC 795 dismissing a proposed class action on behalf of a class of ranitidine users in Canada.
24 March 2023 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
GSK issued a statement in response to the Sargon ruling by the California state court in the Goetz case.
7 December 2022 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
The MDL Court dismissed all cases alleging the five remaining cancers in the MDL.
16 August 2022 - Statement: Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
Notice of plaintiff's voluntary dismissal in the Bayer case in Madison county, Illinois.
11 August 2022 - Statement Zantac (ranitidine) litigation
Response to speculative commentary regarding U.S. Zantac litigation.
Other documents
Court decisions and filings:
- December 2022 - United States District Court Southern District of Florida Daubert order (Federal MDL - Judge Rosenberg)(PDF - 3.0MB)
- May 2024 - Superior Court of The State of Delaware Daubert Order (Delaware State Litigation - Judge Medinilla)(PDF - 620.9KB)
- June 2024 – GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Application for Interlocutory Review of The Court’s Denial of Defendants’ Motion to Exclude Plaintiffs’ General-Causation Experts (Delaware State Litigation)(PDF - 481.7KB)
- August 2024 – Supreme Court of The State of Delaware Order on (Delaware State Litigation)(PDF - 187.3KB)