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Alabama High Court Says Wyeth Can Be Liable For Injuries Caused By Generic Drug
Posted on 11 Jan 2013 by Tom Moylan

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - (Mealey's) An 8-1 majority of the Alabama Supreme Court on Jan. 11 ruled that Wyeth can be held liable for failing to warn doctors about the risk of long-term use of Reglan if a patient was injured by metoclopramide, the generic... Read More

Tags: Wyeth , Danny Weeks , Pfizer Inc. , tardive dyskinesia , Alabama Supreme Court , Schwarz Pharma Inc. , Litigation , Actavis Elizabeth LLC , generic drugs , metoclopramide , Wyeth v. Danny Weeks , Reglan , Teva Pharmaceuticals USA

California High Court: Pharmacies That 'Passed On' Higher Costs Have UCL Injury
Posted on 12 Jul 2010 by Bryan Redding

SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) Pharmacies have standing to pursue unfair competition law (UCL) claims alleging that they paid higher prices because of price fixing by pharmaceutical companies, even though they passed the higher prices on to consumers... Read More

Tags: pharmacies , Eli Lilly & Co. , Hanover Shoe v. United Shoe Mach , Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. , Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals , pharmaceutical companies , Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America , James Clayworth , Abbott Laboratories , Pfizer Inc. , Wyeth Pharmaceuticals , California , UCL , Amgen Inc. , Allergan Inc. , Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois , Business and Professions Code , price fixing , Cartwright Act , unfair competition law , AstraZeneca International , California Supreme Court , Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. , Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. , Litigation , lawsuit , Merck & Co. , Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Carella Byrne Files Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Wyeth
Posted on 2 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ROSELAND, N.J. - Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello P.C. on June 29 announced that a securities class action lawsuit was filed on June 18 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of purchasers of Wyeth Inc... Read More

Tags: Security Police and Fire Professionals of America Retirement Fund v. Pfizer Inc. , Greg Norden , Bernard Poussot , Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello P.C. , Wyeth Inc. , Pfizer Inc. , Wyeth Research , new lawsuit filings , Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , class action , Litigation , lawsuit , Robert R. Ruffolo Jr. , Robert Essner , Kenneth J. Martin , Securities

Pfizer Ordered To Pay $47.3M To Health Insurer In Neurontin RICO Trial
Posted on 26 Mar 2010 by Tom Moylan

BOSTON — (Mealey’s) A Massachusetts federal jury on March 25 awarded $47.3 million to the Kaiser Foundation after finding that Pfizer Inc. engaged in racketeering and unfair competition through its off-label marketing of Neurontin ( In Re... Read More

Tags: Neurontin (In Re: Neurontin Marketing , RICO , unfair competition , Pfizer Inc. , Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act , racketeering , Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. , Litigation , lawsuit , Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation , Guardian Life Insurance Company of America v. Pfizer Inc. , Kaiser Foundation , Kaiser Foundation Hospital