Ill. Couple Sues AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly for Injuries from Antipsychotic Drugs

WILMINGTON, Del. - An Illinois couple sued AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly & Co. in Delaware Superior Court, claiming the companies' Seroquel and Zyprexa antipsychotic medications caused the husband serious health problems. Lewis, et al. v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, et al. No. n/a. (Del. Sup. Ct., New Castle Cty.).

Tommy and Rebecca Lewis sued AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly in the Superior Court of New Castle County on Jan. 29, claiming AstraZeneca's Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa (olanzapine) antipsychotic medications were 'defective and unreasonably dangerous' to Tommy Lewis's health.

According to the complaint, Lewis used Seroquel and Zyprexa for an unspecified …