Alton Pharmaceutical Product Lawyer, Missouri

... [5] Merck also argues that pharmaceutical pricing does not change according to the product's risk. Should it wish, Merck may present this argument at trial, but the defense does not cause plaintiffs' common legal issues to become individual ones. ...

... with respect to the sixth factor — the availability of another court with jurisdiction affording a forum for a plaintiff's remedy — the defendant pharmaceutical companies assert that the "courts of plaintiffs' home state[s] are perfectly capable of handling plaintiffs' product liability claims ...

... while instructions serve principally to provide the user with information necessary to make proper and efficient use of the product."). ... acknowledges that Pfizer is obligated to warn doctors, not patients, of potential side-effects associated with its pharmaceutical products, and ...