Judge Awards Summary Judgment on Lack of Causation in Seroquel Case

ORLANDO, Fla. - A federal judge has awarded summary judgment to AstraZeneca in what was to be one of the first Seroquel cases to make it to trial, determining that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient causation evidence linking her diabetes to the drug. Guinn v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, et al., No. 07-10291 (M.D. Fla.).

Judge Anne C. Conway of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled Jan. 30 that an expert testifying on behalf of plaintiff Linda Guinn failed to articulate any scientific methodology for her "entirely speculative" conclusion that Guinn's weight gain and diabetes was …