2024-07-27 16:08:25
A jury in Missouri, a state in the Midwest of the United States, ordered Abbott pharmaceutical companies to pay $495 million (455 million euros), it was written on Saturday July 27. The judgment ruled that milk for premature babies manufactured by the American group has caused a severe intestinal infection in one child.
Case, decided Friday evening in a St Courtroom View Network.
The Abbott company was sued by an Illinois mother, Margo Gill, for failing to report that its formula made from cow’s milk could cause this serious infection in premature babies. She said her little girl developed necrotizing enterocolitis in 2021 after consuming Abbott’s Similac brand formula, while little Robynn is still in neonatal intensive care, local station KSDK reported.
The child survived, but suffered from irreversible effects. The death rate from this disease in premature babies can be as high as 50%, according to the National Library of Medicine.
“We strongly disagree with this judgment”
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 Agence France-Presse.
“There is no scientific evidence that Abbott’s premature infant products cause or contribute to enterocolitis.he added. Specialized formulas and fortifications, 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 infants. »
Abbott’s chairman and 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. In March, a unit of the British hygiene and health products group Reckitt Benckiser was ordered to pay $60 million to the mother of an infant who died after drinking the company’s baby formula. Since then, Reckitt Benckiser has said it wants to separate from Mead Johnson, which makes Enfamil and Nutramigen milk.
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