Pharmaceutical companies fail to stop actions over alleged side-effects from pain control drug

The two women claim to have suffered from jaundice after taking the anti-inflammatory drug Aulin/Nimesulide. File picture

The High Court has refused to halt actions by two women who claim they suffered alleged severe side-effects as a result of taking the anti-inflammatory pain control drug, Aulin/Nimesulide.

The women have brought separate cases against Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Helsinn Birex Therapeutics Ltd, Ergha Healthcare Ltd, PCO Manufacturing Ltd, Gowrie Ltd trading as B&S Healthcare, and Pinewood Laboratories Ltd. The Irish Medicines Board and the Minister for Health and Children are also being sued.