Posts tagged levine

• Preemption Victory in Generic Drug Labeling Case Mensing v. Wyeth

  Camryn Hansen | December 03, 2009 8:15 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Following on the heels of the preemption victory in Wyeth v. Levine, in which the Supreme Court decided that consumers can sue a drug company for inadequate prescription drug labeling...

• Phenergan Gets Black Box Warning from the FDA

  Camryn Hansen | September 21, 2009 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  One woman’s horrific experience with Phenergan, the migraine drug formerly sold by Wyeth, has finally ended in a black box label—the strongest warning offered by the...

• Wyeth v. Levine Ruling a Huge Win for Consumer Rights

  Mike Ferrara | March 05, 2009 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In what promises to be one of the most important preemption cases to come out of the Supreme Court this year, Wyeth v. Levine was awarded yesterday by a 6-3 majority to Diana Levine, a Vermont...

• Wyeth/Pfizer Merger – Will Justice Roberts Recuse from Wyeth v. Levine for Pfizer Stock?

  Camryn Hansen | February 28, 2009 11:43 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Last November, the US Supreme Court heard arguments for Wyeth v. Levine, a crucial preemption case which will decide whether federal law preempts a state law tort action challenging the FDA...

• Pfizer to Pay $2.3 Billion for Bextra Off-Label Marketing

  Camryn Hansen | January 27, 2009 10:39 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In the largest settlement over inappropriate drug marketing to date, drug giant Pfizer has agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle a federal investigation into its off-label marketing of the...

• Attorneys General to Obama: Resisting Federal Preemption is Our Number One Priority

  Camryn Hansen | January 19, 2009 10:01 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Last week, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) issued an Interim Briefing Paper to the President-Elect Barack Obama Transition Team citing the resistance of federal preemption as...

• Bush-Driven Preemption Language in FDA Regulations is New, Untested, and Unwelcome by FDA Officials

  Mike Ferrara | November 19, 2008 6:22 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  On Monday, the Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in Wyeth v. Levine, which, while deciding whether or not the drug company Wyeth should award damages to plaintiff Diana Levine for...

• Confused by Preemption in Wyeth v. Levine? Listen to the Experts.

  Camryn Hansen | November 11, 2008 10:55 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  This week, as the US Supreme Court hears the case of Wyeth v. Levine, centered around the FDA’s continued approval of the Wyeth migraine drug Phenergan for intravenous use via the IV push...

• Phenergan Causes Gangrene, & the FDA's Cool with it - a Huge Preemption Case for the Supreme Court.

  Mike Ferrara | November 03, 2008 7:08 AM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  This week, the US Supreme Court will begin hearing Wyeth v. Levine, the Court’s third preemption case in less than a year. At issue in the case is one woman’s horrific experience with...