This is a landmark caseIn Drug Case, Justices Weigh Right to Sue - WSJ.comFor nearly a century, Americans have been able to sue drug companies for deaths or injuries caused by medicines. Now the pharmaceutical industry and other big businesses are hoping the Supreme Court will sharply curb that right.In a case called Wyeth v. Levine, which the court will hear next week, a Vermont guitarist named Diana Levine lost an arm to gangrene caused by an improperly administered nausea drug. A Vermont jury awarded her $6.7 million in damages from Wyeth, accepting her argument that the drug maker should have put stronger warnings on the label.In its appeal of the verdict, the drug maker says the drug's label was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and it argues the federal regulator's judgment should trump state law on issues of product safety. Many lawsuits are based on state consumer-safety regulations that often are stronger than federal standards."This case is worth tens of billions to the pharmaceutical industry," said Richard Rubin, Ms. Levine's lawyer.
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Health Blog : State Medical Society Policy Bans All Gifts From Drug Companies
Health Blog : State Medical Society Policy Bans All Gifts From Drug Companies
Physicians shall accept no gifts from any provider of products that they prescribe to their patients,” the Wisconsin Medical Society recently decreed.
The policy even spells out specific bans on some of the common gifts docs get from drug companies: “personal items, office supplies, food, travel and time costs,” as well as payment for online continuing medical education (CME) courses. It also says doctors shouldn’t be paid to give speeches on behalf of drug companies.
The drug industry itself has banned giveaways of office trinkets and restaurant meals. And we’ve heard of a few med schools and hospitals coming up with this kind of policy, but never a group as big as this.
The society claims over 12,000 members, well over half the practicing docs in the state, according to George Lange, who chairs the medical society’s board. (Of course, unlike a hospital or med school, a state medical society can’t really enforce such a policy among its members.)
