Ministers lose fight to stop payouts over swine flu jab narcolepsy cases
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#2C214)
Dozens of children who developed sleep disorder after getting vaccine could get compensation after high court ruling
Dozens of British children who developed narcolepsy as a result of a swine flu vaccine could be compensated after the high court rejected a government appeal to withhold payments.
Six million people in Britain, and more across Europe, were given the Pandemrix vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline during the 2009-10 swine flu pandemic, but the jab was withdrawn after doctors noticed a sharp rise in narcolepsy among those who received it.