Kana iwe uchitora utachiona huri panzvimbo yemishonga Synthroid, unogona kunzwa pamusoro pekutongwa kwechikoro chechikoro chakakonzerwa nemuumbi wezvinodhaka Knoll Pharmaceuticals, uye kambani yemubereki BASF, mukupera kwama1990. Kutongwa ikoko kwakagadziriswa, asi zvakakosha kuziva pamusoro payo, sechikamu chehupenyu hweiyo inotengeswa nezvemiti inonzi levothyroxine drug.
Dzimwe Nhoroondo
Muna 1990, Synthroid yakagadzirwa na Knoll Pharmaceuticals. Synthroid yakanga yakashuma 85 muzana yemusika weLevothyroxine kubva muna 1997. Synthroid yaive yakatengesa zvakanyanya pamusoro pemakwikwi ayo, uye vamiririri vekutengesa zvinodhaka nekudhinda mabhuku vakataura kuti mutengo wakakwirira wakanga wakakodzera sezvo mushonga wacho waiva nani kune vakwikwidzana nawo. Iyi ikambani yakarongedza kuratidza izvi nekutsvakurudza uye yakapa chidzidzo kuratidzira kuti Synthroid yakanga iripo mune zvekuchipatara zviri nani kupfuura mamwe mazita-zita uye generic levothyroxine zvinodhaka.
Chidzidzo chacho, chaitungamirirwa naBetty Dong, MD, chakawana kuti Synthroid yakanga yakaenzana, asi kwete yakakwirira, kukwikwidzana nevothyroxine zvinodhaka. Panguva iyoyo, Knoll akatora chidzidzo uye akadzivirira kuparidzirwa kwezvibereko mumagazini ezvokurapa. Pamusoro pekutsoropodza kwa Knoll, Dr. Dong pakupedzisira akadzidza.
Mushure mekubudiswa kwaDkt Dong kutsvakurudza, mhosva dzekuchikoro dzakapiwa nekuda kwevatengi vaitenda kuti vakatsauswa kubhadhara zvimwe zveSyroid.
Chikoro chechikoro chakagadziriswa muna 2000, uye mari yekupedzisira kune vatengi yakaitwa muna 2003. (Cherechedza: Vatengi vasina kuisa panguva iyoyo havagone kuwana mari.)
Nheyo yeChikamu Chekutongwa
Mhosva iyi yakaguma nekutsvakurudza, kwakatanga muna 1996, iyo yakataura kuti Knoll Pharmaceuticals nekambani yevabereki BASF yaiputsa mitemo yekudzivirira vatengi nekuedza kudzivirira kuparidzirwa kwezvibereko zvekutsvakurudza kwakaitwa naDkt Dong, izvo zvakaratidza zvakajeka kuti mazita ekugadzira uye anokwikwidza levothyroxine zvinodhaka zvakaenzana neshoko re Synthroid maererano nekubudirira uye kuchengeteka kwevatachiona hwehutano.
Dr. Dong akaudza Journal of the American Medical Association kuti chidzidzo chacho chakanga chave chichidzivirirwa kwemakore matanhatu nekambani yezvinodhaka. Knoll akanga atofungawo kusunungura bhuku racho kuti rimise bhuku rekudzidza.
Sutu iyi inotaura kuti vapomeri vacho vanovanza kana kubvisa ruzivo pamusoro pezita rebhaiquivalent rinodhura rezita uye generic levothyroxine zvinodhaka, vanomiririra zvenhema kuti kwakanga kusina zviyero zvakafanana neSinthroid , uye saka vakatengesa vatengi kupfuura ivo vangadai vaifanira kupedza dai vaiziva kuti yakanga isina mari dzimwe nzira.
Synthroid Class Action Kutongwa Kwekugara
Zvisungo zvekutanga zvinopesana na Knoll zvaive zvekukoshesa kusvika kusvika $ 8.5 mabhiriyoni. Panguva iyoyo muna 2000, mushamba weLevothyroxine wakatarwa pa $ 600 mamiriyoni pagore. Nzvimbo iyi, kunyange zvakadaro, yakagadzirwa zvishoma kudarika vatsinhanisi vaitsvaga.
Musi weChishanu, August 8, 2000, Knoll Pharmaceutical Company yakazivisa kuti Mutongi Elaine Bucklo weDare reMudunhu reUnited States reNorth District yeItaly akapa chibvumirano chekupedzisira chekugadzirisa kweStroroid class action lawsuit.
Mari inobva kune imwe nhoroondo yekusimudzira, iyo yaJune 30, 2000, yaiva ne $ 91 mamiriyoni pamwe nekufarira (mari shoma yevatori vemhosva uye mari) yakasarudzwa kuti ibhadhe kune vatengi vainge vapa chikamu chemhosva uye vakabvumirana kusunungura zvese zvinonzi kupikisa Knoll.
Chiyero chema $ 46 mamiriyoni pamwe nekufarira (mari shomanana yevatongi 'uye mari) yaifanira kubhadharwa kune nhengo dzevatori vekirasi yechitatu.
Panguva iyoyo, Knoll inofungidzira kuti vanhu vanosvika 778 000 vaizobhadhara mari inenge madhora 111 imwe neimwe kana vakatanga kutora Synthroid pamberi paJanuary 1, 1995, uye ne $ 74 imwe neimwe kana vakatanga kutora Synthroid mushure meJanuary 1, 1995. Kubhadhara kwaifanira kutumirwa mberi kuguma kwe2000 kana pasina zvikumbiro zvakaiswa. Mhosva dzakapiwa, zvisinei, uye misha yacho yakaramba ichinonoka.
Pakupedzisira, cheki dzakazopedzisira dzatumirwa kuvarwere mukuwa kwe2003. Panguva iyoyo, webhusaiti yakatsaurirwa kupa ruzivo pamusoro pemhosva uye kugadzirisa yakagadziriswa uye yakabviswa pamutsara.
Shoko kubva
Mhosva pamusoro peStrostro's manufacturer Knoll Pharmaceuticals nekambani yekambani BASF haina kumbobvira yakachengeteka kana kushanda kweSyroid. Mishonga iyi yaigara ichionekwa yakachengeteka uye inobudirira. Mhosva yacho yakaramba kupikisa kuti Synthroid-brand levothyroxine yaive yakakosha kupfuura mamwe mabhuku eLevothyroxine, uye kuti iyo kambani yakanga iine mhosva ye Synthroid yakabva pane izvozvi zvisiri izvo.