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TRAMADOL - ORAL (TRAH-muh-dall)
COMMON BRAND NAME(S): Ultram
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In a highly speculative piece the New York Times suggests that a possible change in labeling requirements risks generic drug makers being sued
link here. This comes just two years after the Supremes decided the reverse i.e., that they couldn't be sued as the law required they use the same warning label as the brand-name makers (see our piece posted on 06/26/2013 at 08:40 AM.
Apparently the change is prompted by the FDA's discovery that users harmed by a generic drug should be able to sue if their drug fails to perform correctly.
This all seems a stretch. The warning labels are framed based on what is known at the time it is approved. Subsequent experience could quite reasonably have shown the need for amending approved uses and thus, labeling. Like most of us, when the facts change, the FDA changes its opinion or so we can hope.
The Supreme Court ruled last Monday that Generic drug makers can't be sued for defective designs when their previously FDA-approved products cause injuries
link here. That might appear to be a questionable decision. But it is also a victory for competition and lower prices in a product line that raises already high medical care costs.
The choice here is between having reasonable consumer safeguards and a steady flow of improved treatments for tough and often rare health problems. There is of course a presumption that the approval process has been thorough. But then the plaintiff's recourse is the FDA which is generally very careful. Indeed it is often criticized for taking excessive time to approve new treatments.
One should note as well, that this is not a criticism of drug patents, which are constitutional but questionable, given the games that new product-owners pursue to extend their patent-created monopoly with no public benefit. Note rather that the need for safety approval will exist whether or not there is a patent.
