A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has given the go-ahead to a class-action lawsuit regarding allegations of birth defects associated with Paxil, an antidepressant manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. Faith Gibson, the representative plaintiff in the case, claims that Paxil is responsible for the hole that was present in her daughter Meah’s heart at birth, and that she would never have taken the drug had she been properly warned.
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