The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a brand-name drug company should take some heat for harm caused by a generic equivalent, but drug makers insist that the ruling goes too far and are urging the court to reconsider.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Monday that two other drugs might be linked to the fungal meningitis outbreak that has infected 200 people and killed 15 in recent weeks.
More cases are expected to arise in the outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to contaminated steroid shots. The now closed New England Compounding Center (NECC) expanded its voluntary recall to cover all products from its Framingham, Mass., facility, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
A major pharmaceutical company in China has been discovered to be using waste oil in its antibiotic products recently, attracting criticism from the public and experts.
Counterfeit drugs have become a significant concern for the pharmaceutical industry. The global counterfeit drug business is worth around $670 billion annually.