In Drug Case, Justices to Weigh Plaintiff's Right to Sue
For nearly a century, Americans have been able to sue drug companies for deaths or injuries caused by medicines. Now the pharmaceutical industry and other big businesses are hoping the Supreme Court will sharply curb that right.
TOPEKA, Kansas (Legal Newsline) - Thirteen pharmaceutical companies are being sued by Kansas Attorney General Steve Six for allegedly price gouging the state's Medicaid program, officials said Friday.
Pfizer hopes for November settlement with 1996 Nigerian drug trial plaintiffs
Officials from Nigeria and from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday that they hope to reach a settlement agreement by the end of next month over allegedly illegal clinical trials conducted in Nigeria by the drug company in 1996.