This article talks about how generic drugs are taking over the United States because it is more affordable. It claims that generic drugs are ruining the rights of patients because they are not warned the underlying side effects of the drug. Debbie Schork sued a drug company for their failure for not warning her the side effects of the drug she took and she ended up losing a hand due to gangrene. She ended up losing the case because the courts threw it out due to the fact that she used the generic brand of the drug called promethazine. While Ms. Levine who had a similar case but instead was given the brand name drug, Phenergan won 6.8 million dollars from her case. The food and drug administration help protect generic brands from getting sued and many have tried to petition the companies to provide better labels. All in all if you want to sue a drug company make sure your using a brand name drug and not the generic counterpart.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/business/drug-lawsuits-hinge-on-the-detail-of-a-label.html?_r=1&hp
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