{"id":571871,"date":"2026-07-28T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571871\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:59:09","slug":"canadians-have-1-month-left-to-file-claim-in-class-action-drug-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571871\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians have 1 month left to file claim in class-action drug suit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0deadline\u00a0is\u00a0fast\u00a0approaching\u00a0for\u00a0Canadians\u00a0to\u00a0claim\u00a0their share of a multimillion-dollar\u00a0class-action\u00a0lawsuit over the\u00a0drug\u00a0Rexulti.<\/p>\n

Canadians\u00a0have until Aug. 27\u00a0to\u00a0file\u00a0a\u00a0claim\u00a0for\u00a0their share of a $4.75 million settlement over the antipsychotic medication used\u00a0to\u00a0treat schizophrenia and depression.<\/p>\n

Quebec Superior Court approved the settlement\u00a0in\u00a0November, one year after authorizing the national\u00a0class\u00a0action\u00a0against Otsuka Canada Pharmaceutical Inc. and Lundbeck Canada Inc.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0class\u00a0action\u00a0covers\u00a0Canadians\u00a0who were prescribed the\u00a0drug\u00a0since February 2017 and later developed compulsive behaviours or impulse-control disorders such as gambling, shopping or binge-eating.<\/p>\n

Lawyers representing affected patients and families have said the deal is a compromise with no admission of liability.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Applicants could receive anywhere from roughly $6,500\u00a0for\u00a0mild cases\u00a0to\u00a0more than $102,000\u00a0in\u00a0more severe cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371],"class_list":["post-571871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}