Why should two people who took the same medication and were both injured by pharmaceutical companies receive dramatically different awards? One of the patients received $6.8 million, and the other received nothing. A recent case in the U.S. Supreme Court (PLIVA, INC., ET AL. v. MENSING) decided that patients who take generic medications cannot sue…
Pharmacy Errors
Sometimes pharmacists mix-up over-the-counter medicines with prescription medicines. The FDA warns of just such a problem at the Novartis AG manufacturing plant in Nebraska, according to the Wall Street Journal from January 10, 2012. Pharmacy errors are all too common. A diabetic is prescribed heart a medication. Birth control pills are replaced with anti-anxiety medication….