News on U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. top court questions state drug data limits

2011-04-26T11:30:16Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned on Tuesday whether a state may prohibit the use of prescription drug records for marketing, expressing concerns that it violated free-speech rights.

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Supreme Court to decide generic drug labeling issue

2010-12-10T17:00:20Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday that it would decide whether generic drug companies could be sued under state law over allegations they failed to provide adequate label warnings about potential side effects.

The nation's highest court will consider whether federal law preempted such ...

FDA requires strong amputation warning on sedative

2010-04-16T10:17:46Z

FDA requires stronger amputation warning on sedative at heart of major Supreme Court ruling

Makers of injected promethazine, a sedative also used to treat nausea and vomiting, are being required to put the strongest warning possible on the product because it can cause tissue damage leading to amputation, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

The drug, previousl...

For one-armed woman, court victory is bittersweet

2010-04-16T16:13:24Z

Years after losing arm, Vermont musician wins Supreme Court ruling against drugmaker

Some people would give their right arm for $6 million. Diana Levine would prefer the arm.

The 63-year-old musician, who won a $6.7 million award after a botched injection led to the amputation of her right arm, won a legal victory Wednesday when the US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled an amputee can sue the pharmaceutical company Wyeth for allegedly giving inadequate warning of serious side effects from a drug.

The unexpected 6-3 decision opens the door to thousands of individual lawsuits against drug companies for damages resulting from side effects from the drugs they produce.

The court found that Di...

Preempt This: Plaintiffs Attorney David Frederick for Solicitor General

2010-10-23T19:14:03Z

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2010-10-23T19:13:22Z

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Would an Obama Victory Preempt Wyeth v. Levine?

2010-10-23T19:13:13Z

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US Supreme Court takes up drug labeling lawsuit

2010-04-16T14:59:52Z

The Supreme Court on Monday began studying whether an individual can sue a pharmaceutical company over drug labels that fail to properly warn of dangerous side effects -- a potentially costly precedent for the industry.

A ruling in favor of the plaintiff, in this case a guitarist who lost her right forearm to a badly administered nausea drug, could lead to thousands of similar lawsuits and millions of dollars in da...

Amputee awaits high court, wants musical glow back

2010-04-16T12:39:02Z

Amputee musician awaits Supreme Court ruling in drug suit, struggles to get her glow back

When Diana Levine turned 63 recently, her daughter made her a birthday card, drawing on Greek mythology with an illustration of Diana the Huntress, her bow string drawn taut, an arrow ready to fly.

But the arm pulling at the bowstring was amputated below the elbow — just like Diana Levine's — and the target was lab...

Supreme Court Year End

2011-01-01T01:31:03Z

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 file picture, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during a lecture series at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. The Supreme Court will join Congress and the p...

Health Care Overhaul Virginia

2010-12-13T14:32:08Z

This 2010 handout photo provided by US District Judge Henry Hudson, shows Hudson at the court in Richmond, Va. Hudson declared a key provision of the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia's attorney general ...

Justice Roberts Buffalo

2010-10-19T22:41:23Z

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during a lecture series at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)

Supreme Court Alito

2010-10-16T07:31:10Z

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to deliver his State of the Union address as Supreme Court justices

Supreme Court New Term

2010-10-02T07:45:17Z

FILE - In this file photo, released Sept. 8, 2009 by the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor pose for a photo in the Justices' Conference Room at the court in