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Mar. 20, 2009
A Dose of Skepticism
The Supreme Court's decision in Wyeth v. Levine is sure to unleash a tsunami of conflicting standards.
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By Jim Copland and Paul Howard The facts of the case underlying the Supreme Court's March 4 Wyeth v. Levine decision are tragic. In 2000, professional guitarist Diana Levine had to have her arm amputated below the elbow after developing gangrene, caused by an arterial injection of Wyeth's anti-nausea drug Phenergan. The injection into Levine's artery was inadvertent: A physician's assistant at a Vermont clinic had attempted to ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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