LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Antidepressant Drugs Legal NewsHeadline Antidepressant Drugs Legal News from LexisNexis®Couple Say Requested Records Are Relevant, Seek Production, Sanctions- (Found September 17, 2008 ) MILWAUKEE - ( Motion available 75-080725-007M ) Gary and Bonita Forst assert in their motion, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, that the documents can be used in support of their punitive damages claim as well as their fraud and misrepresentation claims. The Forsts allege that Gary's use of Paxil caused him to attempt suicide in March 2004. Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... CNN Story Triggered Knowledge Of Suicide Risk, GSK Argues- (Found September 17, 2008 ) MILWAUKEE - A story broadcast by CNN about a Food and Drug Administration public health advisory telling doctors treating patients with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to closely monitor the patients for signs of clinical worsening or suicidality days after a man attempted suicide put the man and his wife on notice that his use of Paxil CR could have contributed to the event, the maker of the antidepressant says in a July 11 motion seeking summary judgment based on the statute...http://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Preemption Appeal In 7th Circuit Stayed Until High Court Ruling- (Found September 17, 2008 ) CHICAGO - A federal appeals court on July 2 granted a couple's motion to stay their appeal of a federal judge's ruling finding their claims against the maker of Paxil preempted pending the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Levine v. Wyeth (___ A.2d ___, cert. granted, 128 S. Ct. 1118 2008) (Bonnie Mason, et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., dba GlaxoSmithKline, No. 08-2265, 7th Cir.; See June 2008, Page 21). Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Judge Reverses Preemption In Paxil Suicide Case- (Found September 17, 2008 ) INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge on July 18 reversed a ruling awarding summary judgment to SmithKline Beecham Corp., doing business as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in a Paxil suicide case based on federal preemption after reviewing the Food and Drug Administration's regulations on drug labeling and concluding that the company has an obligation to revise a drug's warning when it receives reasonable evidence of an association between the drug and an adverse event (Debra L. Tucker v. SmithKline Beecham...http://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%204-12 Mealeys... Paxil- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Drug: PaxilCase caption: Paula McGee and Gerald McGee, et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., dba GlaxoSmithKline, No. 08-CV-984 Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%205-1 Mealeys... GSK Ordered To Produce Data On Paxil Promotions- (Found September 17, 2008 ) PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge on July 28 ordered SmithKline Beecham Corp., doing business as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), to produce information related to how much it spent on promotional and educational campaigns for Paxil as well as promotional material for the antidepressant that included images of children dated between Jan. 1, 2000, and Dec. 31, 2004, after finding that the information was relevant to the plaintiffs' claims (Marion L. Knipe, et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., dba...http://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%205-1 Mealeys... Judge Finds Warnings Claim Against Generic Paxil Maker Preempted- September 17, 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A federal judge on Aug. 7 found that a woman's claim that the maker of a generic version of Paxil failed to adequately warn about the risk of birth defects was preempted because Food and Drug Administration regulations state that generic drug makers do not have a legal duty to strengthen a drug's warning (Heather Masterson v. Apotex Corp., et al., No. 07-61665, S.D. Fla.; 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60238; See June 2008, Page 6). Full story on lexis.comhttp://www.mealeysonline.com/mealey/ppv/articleSearch.do?searchTerm=%22%205-1 Mealeys... |