Court declines experimental drugs case
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a ruling that terminally ill patients have no constitutional right to be treated with experimental drugs Â even if that means the patient will likely die before the medicine is approved.
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A Nigerian court rejected on Tuesday an attempt by the government to amend its case claiming $6.95 billion damages from U.S. drug company Pfizer Inc for a drug trial on children in 1996.
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A U.S. federal judge has denied motions to certify classes of users of osteoporosis drug Fosamax who wanted Merck & Co  to set up a program to monitor them for an ailment involving jaw bone decay.
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The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a case that ruled that terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to try drugs that have not received federal approval.
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Supreme Court rules against trial attorneys' bid to sue third parties.
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A US judge refuses a request to combine thousands of lawsuits involving the painkiller Vioxx into a class action.
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from smokers who said they were misled about the health risks of ÂlightÂ cigarettes.
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The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider whether states may offer license plates with antiabortion messages, leaving lower courts divided over whether the programs in a dozen states unconstitutionally restrict dissenting views.
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Terminally ill patients have no constitutional right to gain access to experimental drugs that have yet to win federal approval, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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The Supreme Court dismissed a case Monday in which a defendant says his lawyers gave him bad advice by telling him to reject a plea deal that would have spared him a death sentence.
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A federal court agreed yesterday to rehear a case that aims to get terminally ill patients early access to experimental drugs unlikely to be approved before they die.
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The outcome of a clinical trial that failed to show that Zetia has any medical benefits adds to concerns over the popular drug.
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A U.S. district court has dismissed a long running anti-trust case against VNU's market research company ACNielsen, brought by its rival Information Resources Inc., the Dutch publisher said on Friday.
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U.S. regulators have rejected  GlaxoSmithKline Plc's  experimental drug gepirone ER for  adults with major depression.
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A U.S. district court has dismissed a  long running anti-trust case against VNU's market research  company ACNielsen, brought by its rival Information Resources  Inc., the Dutch publisher said on Friday.
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A state appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a boy who wanted to compete on his high school's girls' gymnastics team.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit alleging two pharmaceutical companies conspired to monopolize the market for a drug used to treat breast cancer.