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TRENTON, N.J. — Internal AstraZeneca reports and e-mails written by company officials show they knew a decade ago that their psychiatric drug Seroquel caused diabetes and major weight gain, plaintiffs’ lawyers said Friday.
“They not only failed to warn about the risk of diabetes, but they marketed it as not having that risk,” said Houston attorney Ed Blizzard, one of the lead attorneys representing roughly 15,000 plaintiffs suing the British drugmaker.
An AstraZeneca spokesman said it remains unresolved whether Seroquel causes diabetes and that AstraZeneca PLC has shared all relevant and required data with federal regulators.
