In Wyeth v. Levine, the Supreme Court eliminated brand-name manufacturers’ ability to use the preemption defense against state law failure to warn claims involving allegedly misbranded pharmaceutical drugs. Since that time, ...

Over the next five years, approximately 110 drugs, including blockbuster products such as Sanofi-Aventis’ allergy medicine Flomax, GlaxoSmithKline’s herpes medication Valtrex, and Pfizer’s cholesterol medication Lipitor ...