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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

U.S. Government’s Use of the "Park Doctrine" to Police Pharmacies

by Frederick Ball, Rachael G. Pontikes | Duane Morris LLP on 1/7/2013

The U.S. government may be resurrecting the "Park Doctrine" as a tool to prosecute the owners of pharmacies for federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) violations. In United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975), the U.S....more

Criminal Drug Company Glaxo is Slapped on the Wrist

by Lawyers.com on 7/5/2012

After six years of bribing American doctors, pushing antidepressants on children and hiding the heart attack risk of a diabetes drug, the British drug Company GlaxoSmithKline LLC got a slap on the wrist yesterday....more

Illegal Clinical Trials of Bone Cement Sends Executives to Prison

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/20/2011

Four ex-officers of a Pa.-based manufacturer of a bone cement product were sentenced to prison for an unapproved trial that led to three deaths. Each pled guilty to a single misdemeanor count of shipping adulterated and...more

There'll Always Be Posner: Double-header

by Dechert LLP on 12/5/2011

A great Chicagoan, Ernie Banks, was famous for saying “Let’s play two” – an expression of pure joy about the game of baseball. Another great Chicagoan, Judge Richard Posner, recently came out with a pair of opinions that...more

Pfizer Agrees to First Neurontin Lawsuit Settlement

by Robert Kraft on 4/5/2010

Pfizer, the manufacturer of the epilepsy medication Neurontin has been involved in many claims by plaintiffs who blame the drug for creating suicidal tendencies. One such lawsuit, by a Massachusetts’ man’s survivors, has just...more