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Supreme Court’s Wyeth ruling “a major setback” for drug industry.

Created: 09 March 2009 In a story that received coverage from many news sources, the New York Times (3/5, A1, Liptak) reports on its front page, “In a major setback for business groups that had hoped to build a barrier against injury lawsuits seeking billions of dollars, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said state juries may award damages for harm…

Democrats introduce legislation to reverse Supreme Court ruling on medical device lawsuits.

Created: 09 March 2009 The AP (3/6, Perrone) reports that one “day after the Supreme Court decided that federal rules do not protect drugmakers from state lawsuits,” Democratic lawmakers “reintroduced a bill that would allow similar lawsuits against companies that make heart devices, catheters, hip replacements and other devices.” In 2008, “the Supreme Court agreed with the pre-emption policy in…