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Published online 4 March 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.138

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FDA-approved warning labels won't protect companies

US court says people harmed by drugs can still sue.

In a major blow to drug makers, the US Supreme Court today (4 March) ruled 6-3 against the drug company Wyeth in a case that asked whether warning labels approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should protect pharmaceutical companies from being sued in state court when their medicines harm people.

In the case of _Wyeth v.

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  • Maybe I don't fully understand but it's ridiculous that company will pay for obvious mistake made by nurse or whoever did the injection. "The drug was mistakenly injected (...)" By whom? In this case only that question should have been asked. "Disappointing court's decision" is understatement. It's simply stupid. -T.Metek

    • 08 Mar, 2009
    • Posted by: Tomasz Metek
  • That decision reminds me of a previous resulting in the warning: don't dry your pet in the microwave.

    • 12 Mar, 2009
    • Posted by: Patrick John Egan