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RENNES, France - A French appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to pay 197,000 euros (S$313, 658) to a man who claimed that its drug to treat Parkinson's turned him into a gay sex and gambling addict.
The court in the northern city of Rennes said father-of-two Didier Jambart had suffered side effects after being administered the drug Requip in 2003 for the illness, which causes tremors, slows movement and disrupts speech.
A court in the western city of Nantes had previously ordered the British drug company to pay 117,000 euros (S$186,000) in compensation in March.
Jambart, who was accompanied by his wife, burst into tears after the ruling.
"It's a great day," he said. "It's been a seven-year battle with our limited means for recognition of the fact that GSK lied to us and shattered our lives."
Jambart, 52, said the drug made him addicted to Internet gambling and caused him to lose the family's savings and steal to feed the habit that cost him 82,000 euros.
The court in the northern city of Rennes said father-of-two Didier Jambart had suffered side effects after being administered the drug Requip in 2003 for the illness, which causes tremors, slows movement and disrupts speech.
A court in the western city of Nantes had previously ordered the British drug company to pay 117,000 euros (S$186,000) in compensation in March.
Jambart, who was accompanied by his wife, burst into tears after the ruling.
"It's a great day," he said. "It's been a seven-year battle with our limited means for recognition of the fact that GSK lied to us and shattered our lives."
Jambart, 52, said the drug made him addicted to Internet gambling and caused him to lose the family's savings and steal to feed the habit that cost him 82,000 euros.
