LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Antidepressant Drugs Legal NewsHeadline Antidepressant Drugs Legal News from LexisNexis®Multiplaintiff Effexor Case Suspended Pending High Court's Preemption Ruling- September 17, 2008 PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge on June 18 suspended a multiplaintiff case against the manufacturer of Effexor pending the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Levine v. Wyeth (___ A.2d ___, cert. granted, 128 S. Ct. 1118 2008) rather than rule on the company's two-year-old motion for summary judgment based on preemption (Renee Noll Baumgardner, et al. v. Wyeth, No. 05-CV-5720, E.D. Pa.; See September 2006, Page 6). Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-11 Mealeys... Lexapro- September 17, 2008 Drug: Lexapro Case caption: Kristy Tompkins and McKenzie Tompkins v. Forest Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 08-4175-CV-C-NKL Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Lexapro- September 17, 2008 Drug: Lexapro Case caption: Lynne A. Booker and James D. Booker v. Forest Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 08-4170-NKL Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Lexapro- September 17, 2008 Drug: Lexapro Case caption: Katarzyna Biernacki and Federico Navarro v. Forest Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 08-4186-NKL Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Economists Say FDA 'Overregulates' In Brief On Drug Preemption- (Found September 17, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Six economists tell the U.S. Supreme Court in a drug preemption amicus curiae brief that they support preemption because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration already "overregulates" prescription drugs (Wyeth v. Diana Levine, No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.; See February 2008, Page 15). Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-11 Mealeys... SSRIs May Increase Risk Of Gastrointestinal Bleeding- September 17, 2008 CHICAGO - Patients using a class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may be at an increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, especially when using the drugs in combination with other medications that are harmful to the stomach, researchers wrote in a recently published study. Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Woman Claims Paxil Use During Pregnancy Caused Twins' Birth Defects- September 17, 2008 TULSA, Okla. - A woman alleges in a lawsuit filed in Oklahoma federal court on June 30 that her use of Paxil while pregnant caused her twin daughters to be born with congenital heart and lung defects (Shauna Evelyn McMurray v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., dba GlaxoSmithKline, No. 08-CV-381-GFK, N.D. Okla.). Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Celexa- September 17, 2008 Drug: Celexa Case caption: Sabine Bowles v. Forest Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 08-4187-CV-C-SOW Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Celexa- September 17, 2008 Drug: Celexa Case caption: Theresa Conklin v. Forest Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 08-4183-CV-C-NKL Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Celexa- September 17, 2008 Drug: Celexa Case caption: Monica Fischer and Eric Portillo v. Forest Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 08-4178-CV-C-NKL Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... |