Breaking News: NZ’s Biggest Class-Action Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson
We’ve been sold ‘ineffective' cold & flu medication for 20 years!
This is one of the largest class actions EVER in New Zealand’s history is being filed over cold and flu medication last Thursday in the High Court. The lawsuit argues the over-the counter medicine’s key ingredient phenylephrine (or PE) is ineffective when taken orally 😱 The class action comes after the FDA proposed an outright ban because it believes the drugs when taken orally don’t work.
“Johnson & Johnson has manufactured and marketed a medication that decades of evidence have shown doesn’t work as claimed, relying on outdated, fallible studies to sell the New Zealand public products that don’t do what they say on the packet.” Says Lawyer Rebecca Jancauskas.
the facts of the case
On Thursday one of the largest class action lawsuits EVER in NZ’s history was filed over cold and flu medication.
The case against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson alleges the company misled the public by marketing and selling ineffective medicines for around 20 years.
Popular cold and flu medication like Codral Cold & Flu, Benadryl and Sudafed PE are ineffective at treating nasal congestion the US regulator the FDA has found.
Lawyer says Kiwis trusted products to work as advertised and were misled.
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