Abbott Sued Over Claim Humira Caused Fungal Infection
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Abbott Laboratories was sued by a Tennessee advertising executive who claimed its top-selling arthritis drug Humira caused a life-threatening fungal infection.
Frederick Delano, 69, was diagnosed in February 2009 with disseminated histoplasmosis, according to a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Memphis, Tennessee. In a May 2010 warning letter to doctors, Abbott said some Humira patients are at risk of developing the fungal infection.