Families may sue over vaccine’s link to narcolepsy

AN INSURANCE scheme that compensates victims of pharmaceutical injuries in Finland is being examined by parents of children in Ireland who developed a chronic sleep disorder after being immunised against swine flu.

The Finnish Pharmaceutical Insurance Pool has said it expects the first claims in relation to those who developed narcolepsy after receiving the Pandemrix vaccine to be settled in October-November.

Compensation will be paid for both temporary and permanent effects experienced by people who got the vaccine.