Drug Risks: Texas decision shifts Liability to Doctors, removes Accountability from Drugmakers

” The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that pharmaceutical manufacturers are not responsible for conveying drug risks to patients, even when the drugmakers advertise their products directly to consumers… Health professionals said the decision creates greater liability for doctors and removes necessary responsibility from drugmakers after medication mishaps… drugmakers are not completely without liability if a patient is injured by a drug. If incorrect information is passed to physicians, a manufacturer still can be held liable… But drug companies cannot be sued for failing to provide drug warning information directly to a patient…” .

Read Court: Doctors, not drugmakers, must warn patients of risks
by Alicia Gallegos, uly 16, 2012.