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kaiden

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17. Generic Drugs: SCOTUS decided in Pliva v. Mensing (2011)

Thu May 23, 2013, 11:34 AM

May 2013

that manufacturers of generic drugs cannot be held liable under state tort law for "failure to warn." Once a person goes off the more expensive name brand drug and onto the generic (because insurance companies demand it as a cost-saving device for them) the manufacturers of EITHER drug cannot be held accountable. Big pharma is a scourge that must be stopped.

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Houston oncologist exposes the lies of Big Pharma : [View all] Faryn Balyncd May 2013 OP

"Shut up and eat your meds, you whiney proles." - Big Pharma, Inc. (R) Berlum May 2013 #1

Wrong. Warpy May 2013 #9

But then... who will purchase these god nuggets? question everything May 2013 #20

And studies have shown that they spend more in marketing than they do in drug development. SharonAnn May 2013 #23

Too much marketing on tv. LiberalFighter May 2013 #45

I woke up with a thought this morning, WHEN CRABS ROAR May 2013 #24

When we see ourselves as already dead. RagAss May 2013 #39

K&R redqueen May 2013 #2

Reminder that this article is about the cost of medications mucifer May 2013 #3

With price collusion like this, insurance premiums & MC Part D will go off the charts. Faryn Balyncd May 2013 #5

Bingo-they can price it anything they want. ErikJ May 2013 #37

It is also because our politicians are bought by big pharma. That is why we pay more than the rest Dustlawyer May 2013 #53

Could not agree more! marew May 2013 #54

It's called price fixing, and it's illegal. But don't bother waiting for drug companies to be Nay May 2013 #4

I am currently getting weekly injections of NPLATE for treatment of low blood platelets. Thinkingabout May 2013 #6

My dad got CML leukemia in 2009 marions ghost May 2013 #7

Interesting that Natl Cancer Institute doesn't call Gleevec "non-chemotherapy" Faryn Balyncd May 2013 #10

Insurance companies call it non-chemo marions ghost May 2013 #11

I'm so sorry your family was a victim to these drug price fixing schemes. Lone_Star_Dem May 2013 #16

yes marions ghost May 2013 #22

I am sorry you lost your father IrishAyes May 2013 #60

Thanks marions ghost May 2013 #65

This is what cabel news should be talking about 24/7 instead of the "scandal-gates" they continue to kelliekat44 May 2013 #8

They can't risk pissing off one of their biggest advertisers...Pharmacudical Companies. progressoid May 2013 #13

bingo! lunasun May 2013 #55

K&R kelliekat44 dotymed May 2013 #15

Of course they lie. CanSocDem May 2013 #12

K&R proverbialwisdom May 2013 #14

Generic Drugs: SCOTUS decided in Pliva v. Mensing (2011) kaiden May 2013 #17

And let's not even talk about VA_Jill May 2013 #18

. libodem May 2013 #19

What a small world... AnneD May 2013 #21

He sounds like the best. Octafish May 2013 #28

He was one of the Fellows then... AnneD May 2013 #56

Yes, thank you for sharing this story. truedelphi May 2013 #30

I worked in the hospital for a while.... AnneD May 2013 #57

Wow, that's pretty synchronistic tavalon May 2013 #43

Maybe not so much.... AnneD May 2013 #58

K&R marions ghost May 2013 #25

big pharma, the true death panels in america spanone May 2013 #26

my friend had acute myloid leukemia. DesertFlower May 2013 #27

Sorry that you lost a good friend. truedelphi May 2013 #29

thank you. she fought hard, but DesertFlower May 2013 #34

My husband will have an autologous bone marrow transplant this Fall. kaiden May 2013 #40

good luck to you and your husband. DesertFlower May 2013 #41

Thank you, DesertFlower. kaiden May 2013 #51

i know exactly how you feel. first they weren't sure how DesertFlower May 2013 #59

Best of luck to your husband, my husband had a related allo transplant ... slipslidingaway May 2013 #64

I've been fortunate to escape the clutches of Big Pharm IrishAyes May 2013 #61

I love my four or five "rescued" mullein plants. truedelphi May 2013 #62

I can attest to that Tab May 2013 #31

K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #32

K&R'd! snot May 2013 #33

"But drug development is expensive so we have to charge ... lhooq May 2013 #35

Let's ban drug patents & fund research with money we now waste on the military. hunter May 2013 #36

That's not going to happen with this Administration: truedelphi May 2013 #38

M. D. Anderson is top notch. Manifestor_of_Light May 2013 #42

Cancer patients on average trend older . . . MrModerate May 2013 #44

This thread is infuriating and heartbreaking. tpsbmam May 2013 #46

kr. the extensions of patent & other 'intellectual property' protection of monopoly = rising price. HiPointDem May 2013 #47

When we tell people about the wonderful medical we get outside the US, repukes always say... upi402 May 2013 #48

SINGLE. PAYER. NOW. area51 May 2013 #49

I am a productivity and operations analyst for a CRO (Clinical Research Organization) AMA!! Fantastic Anarchist May 2013 #50

Good on this! My brother (who is a Repub)works for a big Pharma company developing oncology drugs. mnhtnbb May 2013 #52

For profit leeches are going to be the death of humanity. Initech May 2013 #63