A federal panel has consolidated at least 55 lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly into a multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

The lawsuits claim that these companies did not adequately warn people about the severe side effects associated with a class of prescription drugs including Ozempic and Mounjaro.

Plaintiffs’ lawyers anticipate filing up to 10,000 lawsuits related to Ozempic and similar drugs as part of the MDL.

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