More coverage of generic drug liability
More on generic liability: During a one-hour oral argument justices questioned whether federal law, in this case the requirement that generics have same design as the name-brand version, prevents...
View ArticleFDA Gives up on Graphic Cigarette Warnings
On the one hand it’s disappointing to see them give up the fight. On the other, at least this won’t lead to a SCOTUS ruling that strips the FDA of more power. The fear of such a ruling is why I...
View ArticleManufacturer of surgical robots discouraged training of doctors
Just imagine the sleazy sales manager who wrote the e-mail below” Company e-mails introduced in a lawsuit filed against Intuitive in Kitsap County, Washington, suggest salesmen lobbied hospitals to...
View ArticleAAJ on Generic Preemption
Here’s a little more in-depth analysis of the generic drug argument before SCOTUS: Andre Mura, litigation counsel at the Center for Constitutional Litigation in Washington, D.C., said the government’s...
View ArticlePay to Delay vs. Generic Liability
So, the Supreme Court will decide two interesting cases. The one below will decide whether or not a brand name manufacturer can simply pay generic companies not to bring generic drugs to market:...
View ArticleWashington court lets surgical robot lawsuit proceed
I knew there was a reason I got licensed to practice law in consumer-friendly Washington: A Washington state court yesterday denied Intuitive’s bid to throw out a lawsuit over the death of a patient...
View ArticleFDA won’t say which drugs on the market were approved based on fraudulent...
This shows that the FDA is more interested in protecting pharmaceutical companies than patients. Note how Woodcock doesn’t want to force new trials because that requires human experimentation, which...
View ArticleDeath, injury, and fraud–all risks of using off-brand supplements
Two articles popped up in my inbox today. The first tells the sad story of a man who died after taking a supplement known as “Stiff Nights.” “A Kansas City man died last year after taking an...
View ArticleVaginal Mesh Cases and Neutered Sheep – What’s the Connection?
Right now, thousands of vaginal mesh lawsuits are pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Just as the criminal justice system would collapse if every criminal...
View ArticlePradaxa lawsuit shows company wanted to bury damaging data
It never ceases to amaze me that some people refuse to believe that corporations intentionally suppress safety information about their products due to marketing concerns. Unfortunately, it keeps...
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