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Top Five News Stories Of The Week For December 16, 2011

Another week in the bank.  Here are my picks for the top five stories of the week: Hospitals Adopt Drug Industry Sales Strategy.  Hospitals are starting to sell themselves using ole’ pharma tactics! Plaintiffs Win Key Ruling On Preemption In Metoclopramide Mass Tort Litigation.  A state trial judge in Philadelphia has denied generic drug manufacturers’ [...]

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Pfizer Smacked With $72.6 Million In Damages In Breast Cancer Case

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc. must pay $72.6 million in damages to three women who said they developed breast cancer after taking the company’s menopause drugs, a Philadelphia jury decided. Jurors today in state court deliberated over two days before finding hormone-replacement drugs made by Pfizer’s Wyeth and Pharmacia Upjohn units were responsible for [...]

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No Generic Drug Preemption For “Dear Doctor” Letters

A Nevada State Court Judge ruled that plaintiffs can sue generic drug manufacturers despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling protecting drug companies from lawsuits in PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing

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