Supreme Court: Generic drug makers cannot be sued in state court for permanent damage caused by bad labeling

Federal 'officials' appear to have once again sided with Big Pharma rather than the people they are supposed to represent....Big Pharma is exempt from killer drigs while NATURAL foods stores are raided at gun point???


The 5-4 ruling handed a victory to drug makers Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd of Israel, the US company Mylan Inc and Actavis Inc of Iceland by blocking three consolidated lawsuits against them.

Plaintiffs had argued that they suffered a neurological disorder called tardive dyskinesia after taking the generic anti-heartburn drug metoclopramide (Reglan, Metozolv), which they said did not contain adequate warning labels.

As early as 1985, evidence began to surface that long-term use of the drug could have serious side effects, but strong warnings were not added to the brand name drug labels by federal regulators until 2004 and 2009.

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