A federal judge has struck down hundreds of lawsuits
filed against the makers of Tylenol and generic acetaminophen.
Plaintiffs claim that the use of the drug during pregnancy increased the
risk the child would develop autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
also known as a DH D
A judge said there isn't enough
admissible evidence to support the lawsuit saying the unstructured
approach adopted by the plaintiff's experts permitted cherry picking
allowed a results driven analysis and obscured the complexities,
inconsistencies and weaknesses in the underlying data.
The drug makers who were defendants in this lawsuit say autism and A DH
D are genetic disorders and there's no evidence the drug increases any risks.