State, county, and city governments are searching for ways to combat the epidemic, and some creative attorneys have added
litigation against drug companies to the list of weapons.
The nearly 350 - page lawsuit
against the drug companies alleges they «unleashed a healthcare crisis with far - reaching financial, social and deadly consequences» in Onondaga County and across the United States.
Spencer said two counties in California and the City of Chicago have filed similar lawsuits in Federal
court against drug companies Purdue Pharma L.P., The Purdue Frederick Company, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD., Cephalon Inc., Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Endo Health Solutions Inc., and Actavis PLC..
But David Sanford, a lawyer who has filed a class action
against drug company Novartis for pregnancy discrimination, says he has no problem with the costs of compliance: «If companies lose money because of [complying with discrimination laws], and they may, that's not necessarily a bad thing from a societal perspective.»
When a consumer brings a product liability
claim against a drug company, it is likely that the company will use a learned intermediary defense.
And Joe Nocera explored the views of different industries in Bloomberg, painting a picture of tech companies on one side (supporting inter partes review because of how often patents are challenged in court)
against drug companies on the other side (criticizing inter partes review because it cuts down on their ability to build «patent fortresses» around a branded drug to maintain that drug's profitability).
Study Links Depo - Provera to Greater Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 16, 2012 Israeli Court Awards Highest - Ever Compensation in Class - Action
Suit against Drug Company, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 10, 2012 There have reportedly been more than 200 reports of people sustaining serious health complications from taking Pradaxa.
People who have suffered aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, or nerve damage have contacted attorneys across the country to file
lawsuits against the drug companies, alleging the makers never fairly and adequately warned doctors and patients of these known dangers.
At one end of the argument is Act Up president Thibault (Antoine Reinartz), who moderates the impulses of activists with a politician's guile; and at the other is Sean, calling for militant action
against the drug companies and government.
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