New White Paper: America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry; How Legal Immunity Could Be Making You Sick

CENTER FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY RELEASES NEW WHITE PAPER:

America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry;
How Legal Immunity Could Be Making You Sick

In a new White Paper released today, America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry How Legal Immunity Could Be Making You Sick,the national consumer group, Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School, says that despite what is commonly believed, generic drugs often do not match their brand name counterparts and patients who take them can suffer health problems as a result.  What’s more, says CJ&D, current federal regulations require that generic drugs maintain identical labels to their brand name counterparts even if a generic drug company knows that label to be inaccurate or out-of-date.  The Food and Drug Administration, recognizing this rule to be unsafe, is currently proposing to place new responsibilities on generic companies to immediately update product labels to reflect new safety information.  Read more