... result when the claim is neither brought under traditional tort principles for exposure to an
environmental contaminate, nor for personal injuries as the result of exposure to asbestos, but
rather is brought specifically under the PLA for the ingestion of a pharmaceutical product. ...
... but we regard it as necessary to place in perspective the issues regarding the applicability of
the New Jersey Product Liability Act ... profits arising from the sale of Vioxx — a drug envisioned
as re-establishing Merck as preeminent in the field of pharmaceutical development and ...
... Even so, Pierce herself could not meet that test, because she had voiced a disagreement with
her employer's medical research based on her belief that the formula for its pharmaceutical product
contained an ingredient that was "controversial." In part, because human testing of ...