Ct dismisses claim vs brand name pharma in case where the plaintiff had used the generic version

A federal judge in Louisiana has dismissed a lawsuit that was filed by a man who took a generic version of the Reglan heartburn med, but charged that Wyeth and Schwarz Pharma, among others, were liable for failing to warn of serious side effects. The decision continues the trend to dismiss the theory that brand-name drugmakers can be held liable not only for harm caused by their own meds, but also for injuries caused by generic drugmakers selling a copycat version because the law allows generic drugmakers to rely on research and labeling contained in the application for the brand-name med. For more on the story go here. You can read the opinion here. For older stories on the same topic go here, here, here, here and here.