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Generic Drug Failure-To-Update Preemption Ruling Won’t Be Reviewed By High Court
Posted on 20 Jan 2015 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 20 denied review of a California appeals court ruling that a drug company may be liable for failure to update a generic drug’s warning label ( Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc... Read More

Tags: drugs , preemption , Barr Pharmaceuticals LLC , California , U.S. Food Drug and Cosmetic Act , product liability , Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs’ Legal Comm. , FDA , Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. , PLIVA Inc. v. Mensing , Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Superior Court of California , Litigation , PLIVA Inc. v. Theresa Huck , Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. , generic drug , U.S. Supreme Court , torts

Supreme Court Questions If New Hampshire Law Escapes Preemption Of Drug Claims
Posted on 20 Mar 2013 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Several U.S. Supreme Court justices on March 19 questioned whether New Hampshire law allows a design defect claim against a generic drug manufacturer that escapes preemption under the high court's two drug preemption... Read More

Tags: Clinoril , preemption , design defect , toxic epidermal necrolysis , Stevens-Johnson syndrome , Mutual Pharmaceutical Company , PLIVA Inc. v. Mensing , Inc. v. Karen L. Bartlett , Litigation , generic drug , New Hampshire law , U.S. Supreme Court , sulindac , Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. , Karen L. Bartlett , Wyeth v. Levine

Failure To Update Generic Metoclopramide Label Not Preempted, 6th Circuit Says
Posted on 14 Mar 2013 by Tom Moylan

CINCINNATI - (Mealey's) A plaintiff's claim that PLIVA Inc. failed to add a 2004 warning from the Reglan label to its label for generic metoclopramide is not preempted, a panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said March 13 in what it... Read More

Tags: preemption , Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Comm. , Food and Drug Administration , Eleanor Fulgenzi v. PLIVA , 6th Circuit , tardive dyskinesia , FDA , Food Drug and Cosmetic Act , gastroesophageal reflux disease , Mensing , PLIVA Inc. v. Mensing , FDCA , Litigation , metoclopramide , Reglan , Buckman , Eleanor Fulgenzi , Wyeth v. Levine