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Failure-to-warn lawsuits over hair loss drug on the rise 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 20, 2011

Tags: failure to warn, hair loss, prescription drugs, Propecia, Proscar, side effects

Lawsuits over the hair loss drugs Propecia and Proscar have been filed in federal and state courts alleging side effects that include erectile dysfunction, infertility, depression and suicide.

Prempro breast cancer cases settle after jury awards $76 million 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 15, 2011

Tags: breast cancer, failure to warn, Pennsylvania, Premarin, Prempro, prescription drugs, Provera

After a jury in Philadelphia awarded $76 million in compensatory damages to three women who claimed that the hormone therapy drugs Prempro, Premarin and Provera caused their breast cancer, drug maker Wyeth Pharmaceuticals settled the cases for a confidential amount.

AstraZeneca to pay state $2.5 million for overpricing 

Published: August 18, 2011

Tags: AstraZeneca, drug pricing litigation, Medicaid, prescription drugs, Prilosec

AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $2.5 million in a legal settlement with the state of Idaho over the cost of drugs for the state’s Medicaid program.

Judge orders maker of Risperdal to pay $327 million 

Published: June 27, 2011

Tags: deceptive trade practices, drug marketing, Johnson & Johnson, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceutica, prescription drugs, Risperdal

A judge has ordered the maker of Risperdal to pay $327 million in civil penalties to the state of South Carolina for its marketing of the antipsychotic drug.

Justices skeptical of law barring access to Rx info 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 26, 2011

Tags: drug marketing, First Amendment, generic drugs, prescription drugs, privacy, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – During a lively debate about doctors’ privacy rights, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed doubtful about the constitutionality of a Vermont law that gives doctors the right to refuse to provide prescription drug records to drug data collection companies.

White House releases plan to address prescription drug abuse 

Published: April 22, 2011

Tags: FDA, Florida, pill mill, prescription drugs

A new national strategy has been unveiled by the White House to combat the prescription drug abuse epidemic.

Malpractice suit over girl’s death settled 

By: Associated Press
Published: February 3, 2011

Tags: Massachusetts, medical malpractice, overdose, prescription drugs, psychiatrist, wrongful death

Lawyers for the estate of a 4-year-old Hull, Mass. girl whose parents were convicted of giving her a deadly dose of prescription drugs say they have settled a malpractice suit against the psychiatrist who prescribed the medication and her employer.

Medical malpractice suit over girl’s death settled for $2.5 million 

By: Tony Ogden
Published: January 26, 2011

Tags: Massachusetts, medical malpractice, overdose, prescription drugs, psychiatrist

Lawyers for the estate of a 4-year-old Hull, Mass. girl whose parents were convicted of giving her a deadly dose of prescription drugs say they have settled a malpractice suit against the psychiatrist who prescribed the medication and her employer.

Family of overdose victim awarded $10.1 million in damages 

By: Tony Ogden
Published: January 20, 2011

Tags: drug abuse, gross negligence, prescription drugs, Texas

Jurors awarded $10.1 million in damages to the family of an overdose victim, hoping the multi-million dollar verdict strikes fear into other “pill mills” that have turned Houston into a national hub for prescription drug abuse.

DRUG LITIGATION 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 28, 2010

Tags: prescription drugs

Can local governments sue drug makers for overcharging public hospitals for prescription drugs?

Astra USA v. Santa Clara County, 09-1273. Certiorari granted Sept. 28, 2010. Ruling below: 588 F.3d 1237 (9th Cir. 2009)