Law Suits and Court Decisions
Sep 15 2005: FDA Amicus Curiae–Kallas–claims FDA infallibility pre-empts state safety laws (warning: 1.6 MB file)
Aug 6 2004: Psychiatrist Scolds the APA After Winning Distinguished Fellow Award/ NYC Sues 44 Pharma Companies
Aug 5: Pfizer issues prosecutors a manual to defend drug – Star Ledger
Aug 5: Spitzer Expands drug Probe: Johnson & Johnson / New FDA analysis Confirms SSRI Risks to Kids – WSJ
Jul 26: Pfizer Lawsuits: Zoloft / Neurontin Concealed Evidence: Suicide Risk/ Lack of Efficacy
Jul 26: Mosholder Suppressed Report Posted/ Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits – NYT
Jul 13: Cong Hinchey Rebukes Daniel Troy, Chief Counsel FDA, for financial conflict of interest
Jun 12: Bad Medicine – Editorial – Guardian UK
Jul 10: Cong Hinchey PRESS CONFERENCE Re: Drug Co. Influence on FDA
Jul 9: Paxil for Children: Safety, Efficacy Aren’t Established – Letter WSJ
July 7, 2004: Pharma Influence: Penn Psychiatrist Files Whistleblower Lawsuit – Investigtion Confirms Medicare Chief Lied to Congress
Jul 6: FDA Failed to Enforce Law Requiring Drugmakers to Disclose Test Data – WashPost
July 2, 2004: Bayer drops legal action against Friends of the Earth re: Concealed pesticide data
June 30, 2004: NYS AG Expands Pharmaceutical probe – Forest Labs
June 8: Glaxo chief executive angry over NYS AG lawsuit – Telegraph
June 7: Unlawful drug marketing: GlaxoSmithKline & 4,000 doctors Face Criminal Charges in Italy
Jun 3: Spitzer’s Lawsuit Will Shake Up the Drug Industry – Full Disclosure is the Goal
May 16, 2004: Pfizer Admits Guilt in Promotion of Neurontin–Agrees to Pay $430 Million
July 17, 2003: Lawsuit filed re: ALLHAT Hypertension research death of human subject
May 21, 2003: Oral arguments in Anthrax vaccine lawsuit
May 18, 2003: Trial Lawyers Are Taking Aim at the Drug Industry_NYT
November 30, 2002: Artificial Heart Implant Leads to Suit Over Consent Process
October 18, 2002: Court Strikes Down FDA Pediatric Rule
October 18, 2002: Pediatric Drug Tests – CNN / NYT Editorial
September 16, 2002: 800 people hooked on Paxil Sue in UK
September 2, 2002: South Carolina Judges Voted to Ban Secret Court Settlements
June 2002: Close to 300 lawsuits have been filed against Eli Lilly involving allegations that Prozac induced violence or suicide. All but 10 were settled out of court. e.g., Cole, Cole and Cole v. Eli Lilly Y Company (via PDF download):
http://www.justiceseekers.com/files/NLPP00000/060.PDF
http://www.justiceseekers.com/files/NLPP00000/030.PDF
Critical court documents re suicide risk courtesy of "Let them eat Prozac" :
http://www.healyprozac.com/Trials/CriticalDocs/default.htm
Miller and Miller–whose 13 year-old son committed suicide while taking Zoloft– v. Pfizer. US Dist. Court, Kansas.
http://ksd-pubweb.ksd.uscourts.gov/ors/opinions/992326-559.html
http://ksd-pubweb.ksd.uscourts.gov/ors/opinions/992326-560.html
June 13, 2002: When Money Corrupts Medicine – Deaths Occur
October 10, 2001: Maryland Court of Appeals Denies Motion to Reconsider Lead Paint Ruling