Sanofi, Pfizer Settle California Zantac Case Bound for Trial

  • Dispute over cancer was first case slated to go before a jury
  • Federal judge threw out more than 5,000 Zantac cases earlier
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Sanofi SA and Pfizer Inc. have agreed to settle a California man’s lawsuit over Zantac in the first case set for trial on claims the heartburn drug can cause cancer.

Sanofi confirmed the deal Wednesday in a statement, without saying what it had agreed to pay James Goetz to resolve his allegations that Zantac led to his bladder cancer.