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Re: The Corporate Supreme Court 

By: oldCADuser in FFFT | Recommend this post (2)
Thu, 23 Jun 11 10:30 PM | 43 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Food For Further Thought 		Msg. 30087 of 65535
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Joe,

What's to prevent a drug company, which runs into problems such as unexpected side effects, patient deaths, etc., with one of it's patent drugs, from simply pulling the original drug from the market and then via one of their wholly-owned subsidiaries re-releasing the exact same drug as a 'generic' (but at only a slightly reduced price) and continue to sell it behind a court-approved liability-shield?




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The Corporate Supreme Court
By: joe-taylor in FFFT
Thu, 23 Jun 11 9:31 PM 		Msg. 30085 of 65535

has decided, in a case involving the use of generic drugs, that even if an original drug that the generic was copied from has been pulled from the marketplace due to problems with bad reactions or disabling injuries or even death to its use, that the generic may still be used with no consequences legally to the consequences of that use. This is a familiar five to four decision.

The advice now is before you take an unfamiliar generic that you find out if its original has been either pulled or labeled with a black box warning governing its use.

The case in question was based on a drug taken by a woman who developed severe problems which permanently disabled her even though she had been perfectly healthy before she took the generic.

Regards,

Joe

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