Janssen Vindicated of Claims that Heartburn Drug Caused Calif. Man to Suffer Fatal Heart Attack

NAPA, Calif. - A Napa County jury awarded Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., the manufacturer of Propulsid, its second victory in just under two months after finding that the heartburn drug did not cause a 46-year-old man to suffer a fatal heart attack. Rosemary Calvert, et al., v. Janssen Pharmacuetica, Inc., et al., No. 26-12108 (Calif. Super. Ct., Napa Cty.).

At the conclusion of the eight-week trial, the six man, six woman jury deliberated for just three hours before rendering its unanimous decision.

In addition to claiming that the drug caused John Calvert's fatal heart attack in July 1999, plaintiff Rosemary Calvert …