Supreme Court to hear case on preemption of claims vs generic drug manufacturers

This Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on PLIVA v. Mensing (09-993), Actavis v. Mensing (09-1039), and Actavis v. Demahy (09-1501) on the right to sue in state court when a generic drug maker fails to change its label to warn consumers of new harmful side-effects. For some background information on this case, go to my previous post on it here. For all the relevant documents, lower court opinions and briefs go here. The defendants claim federal law preempts state lawsuits because their effect could be to force the defendants to offer labeling that is different from what appears on the label of the brand-name drug. For more on the case go to Pharmalot and for a preview of the oral argument go here. Check back here by the end of the week for links to the transcript and the recording of the oral argument.