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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 18, 2000

Label Liability

FORUM Holding manufacturers liable for medical errors caused by similar drug names ensures that manufacturers do not allow a lust for profits to trump their duty to the public. Page 6.

By Lindsay Havern
         President Clinton has unveiled his 2001 budget proposal, allocating $35 billion to help the elderly pay prescription-drug bills. In light of the president's recent directive for federal agents to take steps to improve medical safety and reduce medical errors that cause approximately 106,000 deaths and another 2.2 million injuries a year, Americans may well wonde...

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