PHILADELPHIA - (Mealey's) A claim for negligent design is not subsumed in Pennsylvania's prohibition on strict liability claims against pharmaceutical manufacturers, the state Superior Court ruled Aug. 2 in a case asserting that Wyeth's diet... Read More
PHILADELPHIA — (Mealey’s) Pennsylvania law allows drug companies to be sued if they fail to stop marketing drugs known to be unreasonably harmful, and the manufacturers are not immune from being sued for damages for lack of due care, the Pennsylvania... Read More
CINCINNATI - (Mealey's) Citing the Supreme Court's rejection of implied preemption of pharmaceutical product liability in Wyeth v. Diana Levine (No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1774), the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 18... Read More