Litigation and U.S. Supreme Court Ruling
Two women, who claimed to have suffered severe medical complications from a generic drug, lost their Supreme Court appeal on Thursday, June 23, 2011, essentially ending their separate lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The justices in a 5-4 ruling said generic drug companies do not share the same level of responsibility as makers of brand-name equivalents and do not have to update their warning labels when significant new risks emerge.
The financial and safety implications from the court's ruling could prove decisive.
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