According to a recent report by HealthToday.com, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration believes certain commonly-used drugs that should be more difficult to obtain.  Painkillers such as Lortab and Vicodin contain hydrocodone (a synthetic opiate) which is often abused and highly addictive; tighter controls on these types of prescriptions may be a good way to

NY Times – In Oklahoma, a lawsuit surrounding a fatal car accident that injured an 82 year old woman and left a 70 year old woman named Barbara Schwarz dead, was settled on Friday between Toyota and the families of the two women involved.  For the first time ever, a jury found Toyota responsible for

As reported by FDA News, the state of Maine has passed a law that green lights the use of imported prescription drugs through internet pharmacies.  The new law goes against past federal restrictions on drug imports that were established in order to inhibit the sale and use of medication that did not meet the federal

This shows that the FDA is more interested in protecting pharmaceutical companies than patients.  Note how Woodcock doesn’t want to force new trials because that requires human experimentation, which has risk.  A smarter regulator would realize that the risks increase in proportion to the size of the user base of the drug.  And allowing any

So, the Supreme Court will decide two interesting cases.  The one below will decide whether or not a brand name manufacturer can simply pay generic companies not to bring generic drugs to market:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay

Here’s a little more in-depth analysis of the generic drug argument before SCOTUS:

Andre Mura, litigation counsel at the Center for Constitutional Litigation in Washington, D.C., said the government’s argument was troubling. “There were suggestions that the FDA shouldn’t be second-guessed, but as the Court said in Wyeth v. Levine, the FDA approval process

Back in January the Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling that enabled individuals who took generic drugs to sue the brand-name manufacturer.  Not surprisingly, the brand-name companies are not happy:

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Brand name makers of a drug used to treat acid reflux and other digestive problems today asked the Alabama Supreme Court to