Pfizer’s partner, BioNTech, is being sued in Germany for “alleged harm” caused by it’s COVID-19 vaccines.
The plaintiff’s attorneys at the firm Rogert & Ulbrich will challenge the vaccine’s positive risk-benefit profile as assessed by European Union regulators and vaccine assessment agencies, according to the news service. Under German drug laws, drugmakers are only liable for side-effect damages if “medical science” can prove their meds have an incorrect label or cause disproportionate harm relative to their benefits, Reuters reports.
The public hearing in Hamburg, Germany, was due to begin on June 12 but has been postponed after the plaintiff’s attorney filed a motion against the judge due to impartiality, according to a BioNTech spokesperson.
This lawsuit comes from a German healthcare worker who seeks at least 150,000 euros ($161,500) in damages for alleged bodily harm, plus compensation for unspecified material damage, Reuters reports. The woman claims she suffered from upper-body pain, swollen extremities, fatigue and a sleeping disorder as a result of taking the Comirnaty vaccine.
The case is being heard in a regional court in Hamburg.
Her case is one of several hundred brought against the company.
The total cost of compensation being pursued by two law firms has topped €1million.
Dusseldorf-based Rogert & Ulbrich and Wiesbaden-based Casar-Preller are heading the claims. Pharmaceuticals producer BioNTech is facing compensation claims in Germany after two law firms claimed clients suffered lasting health problems as a result of the company’s coronavirus jab.
BioNTech, which is based in Mainz, entered court this week in its first German hearing.
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