Pfizer Inc. won’t face a verdict over claims its epilepsy drug Neurontin helped lead a Massachusetts woman to commit suicide, after her family dropped its lawsuit in the midst of trial.
Susan Bulger’s family agreed to dismiss the suit after an anonymous donor offered to put money in a trust for her 10-year-old daughter, Regina, said Mark Lanier, the family’s lawyer. The trial began July 27 and was scheduled to run three weeks in federal court in Boston.
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