Okay -- so let's see if I can get this right:
(1) People can sue drug companies for risks that are already on the drug label.
(2) But companies cannot unilaterally change the label when new information arises.
(3) And patients can also sue innovator companies for adverse events caused by generic versions of their molecules produced by other companies.
(4) And somehow this isn't going to impact either innovation or cost.
(5) The current majority party wants to restrict drug marketing through increased FDA regulatory authority.
(6) Yet they defenestrate the agency's ability to enhance safety by denuding ... the drug label.
(7) And politicians want the FDA to guarantee the safety of drugs from a gaggle of nations.
(8) But the FDA label doesn't count within our own borders.
(9) So now people can sue innovator companies for adverse events from medicines imported from foreign countries.
(10) One wonders about medicines that are compulsory licensed in places like Thailand (and manufactured in India).
(11) Can people sue when these drugs go bad as well?
Is it just me, or does it seem that the government wants to regulate everything except for what benefits the tort bar?
(1) People can sue drug companies for risks that are already on the drug label.
(2) But companies cannot unilaterally change the label when new information arises.
(3) And patients can also sue innovator companies for adverse events caused by generic versions of their molecules produced by other companies.
(4) And somehow this isn't going to impact either innovation or cost.
(5) The current majority party wants to restrict drug marketing through increased FDA regulatory authority.
(6) Yet they defenestrate the agency's ability to enhance safety by denuding ... the drug label.
(7) And politicians want the FDA to guarantee the safety of drugs from a gaggle of nations.
(8) But the FDA label doesn't count within our own borders.
(9) So now people can sue innovator companies for adverse events from medicines imported from foreign countries.
(10) One wonders about medicines that are compulsory licensed in places like Thailand (and manufactured in India).
(11) Can people sue when these drugs go bad as well?
Is it just me, or does it seem that the government wants to regulate everything except for what benefits the tort bar?