Judge OKs Cy Pres Distribution Of $2.5M Leftover Diet Drug MDL Common Benefit Fees

Mealey's (January 30, 2023, 4:38 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the former diet drug multidistrict litigation has granted a motion for the cy pres distribution of $2.5 million in leftover common benefit fees to the Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund Inc. to continue medical research related to primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), an almost-always fatal injury caused by the fen-phen diet drug combination....