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03.08.2009 9:00 pm

Different rules for drugs, devices are a deadly double standard

An implantable defibrillator.

An implantable defibrillator.

Americans who are injured by prescription drugs won an important protection last week: the right to sue for damages in state courts.
By a 6-to-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld damages awarded to Diana Levine, a Vermont woman who…

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08.13.2008 9:01 pm

Thursday editorial: Playing from behind

tainted_spinach_farmers_opt.jpgProtecting a nation from tainted food and unsafe drugs in the age of globalization is a daunting and complex job. But it’s not impossible. Americans have a right to expect that it be done right and done now.
It hasn’t been.…

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