Louisiana Law Review
Keywords
Generic drugs -- Law & legislation, United States. Supreme Court, United States. Food & Drug Administration, Pliva v. Mensing (Supreme Court case), Generic drugs -- Lawsuits & claims
Abstract
The article offers information related to the supreme courts decisions in PLIVA v. Mensing court case. It mentions that the court has ruled that generic drug companies cannot be sued under state law over allegations that they failed to provide adequate labeling about side effects. It mentions that the case come before the court as court found that the U.S. Food and Drug administration's regulations require that the labeling on a generic drug should be identical to its brand drug counterpart.
Repository Citation
Fabian Nehrbass,
Save Now, Pay Later: The Unfortunate Reality of PLIVA v. Mensing,
73 La. L. Rev.
(2013)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol73/iss4/10