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"Appellate ruling favors drug firms in lawsuits"

"Appellate ruling favors drug firms in lawsuits": The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains a front page article that begins, " federal appeals panel in Philadelphia backed the pharmaceutical industry's arguments yesterday that it should be insulated from certain lawsuits. The 2-1 opinion said drugmakers could not be blamed for the suicides of two people on antidepressants whose families claimed that the drug's warning labels were not strong enough. While narrowly written, the decision was a clear victory for drugmakers and Bush administration officials, who want scientists at the Food and Drug Administration, not lay juries, deciding what drug labels should say. Lawyers for the plaintiffs countered that the FDA was outgunned and poorly funded at best and that lawsuits represented an important check on the system and a last attempt for injured victims to get redress."

My earlier coverage of yesterday's Third Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 09, 2008 (boomark / email).