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Mefloquine Medications
Case Name (Date)
Caston et al. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche et al.
23-cv-928, N.D. Cal.
(March 2023)
Product/Service
Lariam and other medications containing mefloquine
Allegations
Marketing the medicines to the U.S. military as safe and effective treatments to prevent malaria without adequately warning of the serious neuropsychiatric side effects
Status
Dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled.; Appeal and Cross-Appeal filed
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