Avandia Maker Sued Over Heart Attack
Larry Alan Stanford's widow and son are suing GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the diabetes drug Avandia. Peggie Stanford, Larry's widow, says that her husband died as a result of having taken the drug. Larry Stanford died on May 21 from a heart attack. Stanford had been taking Avandamet, a form of Avandia, combined with another diabetes drug, since early 2005.
Stephen Drinnon, the lawyer representing the Stanfords, says that he "believes the evidence will show the company knew there were problems with Avandia but decided to keep on selling it to Larry and others." A GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman responded that the company will "vigorously defend our medicine."
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