The two largest universities in West Virginia will receive nearly $8 million in unclaimed funds from a class action suit settled with Warner-Lambert Co. and Parke-Davis. The suit was over the companies diabetes drug Rezulin, which can have severe side effects.
The universities will use the money to fund medical research, with $2.25 million going to Marshall's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Rural Health Program, and $5.67 million to WVU's Department of Pediatrics.
SEPT-15-08: Unclaimed settlement money goes to WVU, Marshall [HERALD DISPATCH: REZULIN CLASS ACTION]
