PPI Stomach Cancer & Kidney Damage Class Action Investigation

Proton Pump Inhibitor drugs are commonly prescribed or used to reduce stomach acid for conditions such as heartburn/reflux, peptic ulcers, GORD, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.  Learn more here.

Proton Pump Inhibitors work by stopping the cells that line the stomach (the proton pumps) from producing acid. This helps heal ulcers and reduces acid reflux symptoms. Learn more here.

Shine Lawyers are investigating this case on the basis that research across the globe has revealed that users of PPIs may be at an increased risk of developing stomach cancers (including gastric adenocarcinomas and gastric neuroendocrine tumours) and kidney injuries (including acute kidney injury, acute interstitial nephritis, chronic kidney failure and end-stage renal disease). However, please note that we cannot provide you with medical advice, and if you have concerns about your individual circumstances please discuss them with your doctor. Learn more here.

There are other types of drugs for the reduction of stomach acid, including H2-antagonist blockers (such as cimetidine) and antacids (which neutralise acids in the stomach and typically contain salts of aluminium, calcium, magnesium or sodium). These are not part of the PPI Stomach Cancer & Kidney Damage Class Action Investigation.

Whether the Proton Pump Inhibitors were prescribed to you by a medical practitioner, or you purchased them yourself over the counter in a pharmacy, won’t impact your eligibility to join the class action investigation. Eligibility is detailed above.

When Governments, large companies or institutions do the wrong thing and people are harmed or suffer loss as a result, an individual can have little to no means of bringing a legal claim.

Class actions are an important mechanism within Australia’s legal system that allow large groups of people to come together to pursue a claim collectively.

For a class action to take place, there are three criteria that need to be met:

1. there must be 7 or more people that have claims against the same defendant; and

2. the claims relate to the same or similar circumstances; and

3. the claim must relate to at least one common issue of law or fact.

For more information about how class actions resolve, click here.

It can take up to several years for a class action to resolve. The time taken from case commencement through to resolution and settlement administration depends on the particular case, and the nature of the claim.

For more information about class actions and how they work, click here.

Shine Lawyers is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of their background or financial situation, has access to justice. We run our class actions in a way that means you are not exposed to any costs or financial risk, so joining a class action will cost you nothing.

When a class action is successful, the legal fees and costs to run the class action are deducted from the settlement amount that is approved by the Court. If the class action is unsuccessful, we will ensure there are no out-of-pocket costs to you.