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Big Pharma balks at lawsuit rule
Fighting lawsuits is bad enough. After all, the pharma business is full of them: patent fights, product liability cases, regulatory disputes. Now, the Financial Accounting Standards Board--the Read more...
Judge strikes down Biogen preemption case
Biogen and Elan--along with proponents of preemption--were dealt a setback today as a federal judge declined to transfer a case from Massachusetts to a federal court in Iowa. The lawsuit stems from Read more...
J&J pays up for Pfizer consumer unit error
In 2006, Johnson and Johnson acquired a plant in Lititz, PA when it bought Pfizer's consumer health care division. Now federal lawmakers contend that the plant violated paperwork regulations for Read more...
Wyeth wrestles with Prempro suits
Two women in Nevada claimed that Prempro and Premarin led to them developing breast cancer, and rather than go to trial, Wyeth paid the women an undisclosed settlement amount. The women asserted Read more...
Suicide widow sues Pfizer over Chantix
SPOTLIGHT: Suicide widow sues Pfizer over ChantixIt had to happen sometime: The widow of a man who shot himself in January has sued Pfizer, alleging that the drugmaker should have warned Chantix Read more...
Judge: Lilly should settle Zyprexa case
A federal judge is urging Eli Lilly to negotiate a worldwide settlement with Zyprexa plaintiffs, who are asking for some $7.7 billion. As you know, Lilly has already agreed paid $1 billion to settle Read more...
Pfizer starts settling Celebrex claims
Pfizer is starting to settle the thousands of lawsuits over painkillers Celebrex and Bextra, the Wall Street Journal reports. Three groups of plaintiffs who allege that the meds caused heart attacks Read more...
If J&J misled FDA, can patients sue?
Drug companies appear to be close to gaining a long-coveted prize: A shield against patient lawsuits. The Bush administration has been Read more...
Conn. sues FDA for OxyContin warnings
If your petition doesn't succeed, go to court. That's what Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has done: He's sued the FDA to force the agency to act on his bid for tougher warnings on Read more...
Confused jury prompts Wyeth appeal
Was the jury confused? Apparently so. When a Nevada jury decided in favor of three women who claimed that the company's hormone replacement drugs caused their breast cancer, some jurors thought the Read more...
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