2024-07-27 16:11:25
The case, decided on Friday evening, is one of many close complaints against Abbott.
A committee in Missouri (central United States) ordered Abbott pharmaceutical companies to pay $ 495 million, finding that milk for premature babies produced by the American group caused a serious intestinal disease in a child. The case, which was decided on Friday evening in the St. Louis, Missouri, court, is one of many complaints pending against Abbott who claims that his milk formula for premature babies caused increased risk of necrosis of the intestine (necrotic enterocolitis) in children, according to the Courtroom View Network website.
An Illinois mother, Margo Gill, is suing Abbott for failing to prove that cow’s milk formula can cause this serious infection in premature babies. She said her little girl developed necrotizing enterocolitis in 2021 after being fed Abbott’s Similac formula, while little Robynn is still in neonatal intensive care, local channel KSDK reported. The baby survived, but suffered from irreversible effects while the death rate linked to this disease in premature babies can be as high as 50%, according to the National Library of Medicine. .
The Abbott team was ordered to pay $95 million in compensatory damages and a $400 million fine. “We do not agree with this verdict, which is not unanimous, and we continue to believe that Robynn’s situation is a tragedy that no one has judged.”Scott Stoffel, a spokesman for the group, told AFP. “There is no scientific evidence that Abbott’s infant products cause or contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis.”he added. “Special formulas and boosters, like the one used in this case, are part of the medical community’s standard of care and, along with breast milk, are the only options available for feeding premature babies.”, he concluded. Abbott CEO Robert Ford also called the issue “Ideology without foundation or scientific basis”, during the presentation of the group’s financial results last week. The company has not indicated whether it intends to remove this product. After the stock market ended Friday, Abbott shares fell nearly 5% in electronic trading.
Last March, a unit of the British hygiene and health products group Reckitt Benckiser was ordered to pay $ 60 million to a mother whose premature baby died after drinking the company’s baby milk. Since then, Reckitt Benckiser has said it wants to separate from Mead Johnson, which makes Enfamil and Nutramigen milk.
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