Medicine manufacturer Europharm has been sued for unspecified damages by a representative of a six-year-old who died with traces of fungus in his intestine after taking one of the company's drugs.
Eva Tang Yim-wah, administrator of the boy, Lee Ming-hon, filed the claim on Friday at the High Court, against Europharm Laboratories Company.
The Hospital Authority, which runs Queen Mary Hospital, where the boy died, was named as a defendant in the personal injury action.
The claim comes just months after an inquest into a possible link between the death of eight patients, including Ming-hon, and the drug Purinol - a brand of Allopurinol - produced by Europharm and contaminated by the fungus Rhizopus microsporus.
The inquest determined that Ming-hon and two others had died by misadventure. Traces of fungus were found in their intestines.
The filing seeks damages for the accident that caused Ming-hon's death, which it says arose from negligence and breaches of statutory duties and professional codes by Europharm and the Hospital Authority.
The Coroner's Court returned verdicts in the deaths of the eight people in early August, finding three, including the boy, had died of misadventure and three from natural causes. An open verdict was given for the remaining two patients.