British drugmaker agrees payment to resolve 80,000 cases alleging cancers were linked to drug known generically as ranitidineThe British drugmaker GSK has struck an agreement to make a payment of up to $2.2bn (£1.7bn) to resolve litigation brought in the US over its heartburn treatment Zantac.The company said it had struck agreements with 10 plaintiff law firms who represent about 93%, roughly 80,000, of the US state court product liability cases pending against it. Continue reading...