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3rd Circuit Says Design Defect Claims For Generic Fosamax Are Preempted
Posted on 1 May 2014 by Tom Moylan

PHILADELPHIA — (Mealey’s) Strict liability design defect claims involving generic versions of the osteoporosis drug Fosamax are preempted by federal law despite plaintiffs’ attempts to narrow U.S. Supreme Court case law, a panel of the... Read More

Tags: Third Circuit , preemption , In Re: Fosamax [Alendronate Sodium] Products Liability Litigation [No. II] , Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. , Apotex Corp. , Litigation , osteoporosis drug , multidistrict litigation , Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. , Fosamax , U.S. Supreme Court , MDL , torts , Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Teva Pharmaceuticals USA , Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.

97 Federal Cases Alleging Cancer From Diabetes Drugs Centralized In MDL
Posted on 27 Aug 2013 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) Ninety-seven federal lawsuits in which plaintiffs allege that three incretin-based diabetes drugs caused their pancreatic cancer were centralized Aug. 26 by a federal judicial panel into a multidistrict litigation... Read More

Tags: Novo Nordisk Inc. , California , Januvia , Victoza , Byetta , U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California , diabetes drugs , pancreatic cancer , Litigation , multidistrict litigation , Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. , Eli Lilly and Co. , In Re: Incretin Mimetics Products Liability Litigation , Amylin Pharmaceuticals , MDL