{"id":1679,"date":"2018-11-02T17:49:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2018-11-02T17:49:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:49:59","slug":"risperdal-compensation-deal-agreed-ahead-of-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/risperdal-compensation-deal-agreed-ahead-of-trial","title":{"rendered":"Risperdal compensation deal agreed ahead of trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Risperdal compensation deal has been agreed ahead of a trial. This is said to be one of many potentially multi-million-pound settlements over the drug.<\/p>\n

Some users who have been taking Risperdal medication have suffered severe side-effects. The use of the drug has also been involved in off-label marketing; i.e. using the drug for alternative reasons than what regulators have approved the drug for.<\/p>\n

Off-label marketing can be a real problem for consumers. When pharmaceutical giants see slow sales in particular products, they can be tempted to repackage them and sell them for different uses. Sometimes this isn\u2019t a bad thing, but when the drug isn\u2019t approved for certain uses, and where certain side-effects are prominent in off-label uses, people can suffer.<\/p>\n

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Latest Risperdal compensation case settled before trial<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s understood that another Risperdal compensation claim has settled before the case has reached trial.<\/p>\n

The case is actually for a family in America, where it’s understood that a compensation package has been made available.<\/p>\n

Settling on the doors of a trial is actually quite a common thing. With the costs of defending an action through the court process often being high, Defendants are far more likely to settle before it gets too far.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, where there\u2019s a case to answer, they ought to be settling immediately we often find they will wait until the last minute to make a deal.<\/p>\n

Severe side-effects lead to Risperdal compensation claims<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Severe side-effects have led to thousands of Risperdal compensation claims being made.<\/p>\n

The side-effects people have suffered have included:<\/p>\n