GlaxoSmithKline TV Commercial, 'Whooping Cough Vaccination.' Image via GSK video 'Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Cough?': GlasoSmithKline's Wolf-Themed Ads for Pertussis Vaccine Targeted in False Advertising Suit
The plaintiff alleges in a suit surfaced by Law.com Radar that the company used imagery and text of grandparent "figures who are like wolves ready to kill an infant" if they do not receive their meds. Read the complaint here.
August 30, 2021 at 10:10 PM
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The UK-based GlaxoSmithKline used a "Little Red Riding Hood"-themed ad for its whooping cough vaccine that falsely claimed it could prevent adult carriers from passing the disease children too young to take it themselves, a proposed class-action suit alleges.
Plaintiff Lori DeCostanzo, who claims she made the allegations in a suit filed on Sunday in New York Eastern District Court over the marketing of its Boostrix vaccine for the prevention of whooping cough transmission. The suit was filed by Sipertri & Glimstad on behalf of individuals who claim that they were injected with the Boostrix vaccine based on misleading information. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 2:21-cv-04869, DeCostanzo v. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, et al.
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