U.S. Supreme Court case over pharmaceutical labeling

Cafe --

The case was about whether or not an "inadequate" warning label for
the drug Phenergan -- even though OKed by the U.S. Federal Drug
Administration -- placed the drug company (Wyeth) at risk for lawsuits.

The issues involved have more to do with U.S. legal matters than with
medical information design, but still, I thought some of you on this
list would be interested, since pharmaceutical labeling standards are
at the core of the legal challenge.

A good summary of the court case is available at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june09/drugmakers_03-04.html

(another _NewsHour with Jim Lehrer_ segment, which originally aired 4
March 2009).

Deborah
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
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