Plaintiffs File Suit Against Bayer Seeking Class Certification and Medical Monitoring Fund

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Alleging numerous Baycol-related injuries, three plaintiffs have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Arkansas seeking, among other things, to establish a medical monitoring program. Sample, et al. v. Bayer, A.G., et al., No. 4:02-CV-00015 (E.D. Ark.).

The Jan. 9 complaint states that defendants Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline concealed the dangers associated with their cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol from the public and even the German health ministry.

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Edward J. Sample is a 71-year-old World War II veteran who was taking gemfibrozil and Pravastatin. The Department of Defense changed their formulary to replace Pravastatin with …