FinallyRetired
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I'm no fan of the prices big pharmas charge for some drugs, but this action against them seems a bit extreme. If they get FDA approval for a drug, they have warnings on the label as to risks, the patient takes the drug under doctor's care, why should the pharma be sued for the statistically rare bad reactions? Why should anyone be sued? Oh, yeah, because there's lawyers... (with respect to the good lawyers on this board )
Supreme Court Tells Drugmakers 'Label Is No Shield'
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- FDA approval of a drug and its label does not shield its maker from lawsuits brought by patients injured by use of the drug, according to a 6-3 decision today by the Supreme Court.
The ruling upholds the $6.7 million awarded by a Vermont jury to Diana Levine, a musician who lost her arm when gangrene developed following injection of the antinausea drug promethazine (Phenergan) by IV push.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/Medicolegal/13120
Supreme Court Tells Drugmakers 'Label Is No Shield'
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- FDA approval of a drug and its label does not shield its maker from lawsuits brought by patients injured by use of the drug, according to a 6-3 decision today by the Supreme Court.
The ruling upholds the $6.7 million awarded by a Vermont jury to Diana Levine, a musician who lost her arm when gangrene developed following injection of the antinausea drug promethazine (Phenergan) by IV push.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/Medicolegal/13120