Supreme Court Toughens Drug Cases Ruling Lets Prosecutors Go after Assets Not Connected to CrimesThe Supreme Court gave federal prosecutors greater powerTuesday to force drug traffickers who...By Ap
MEXICO CITYMexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned anappeals court ruling that freed drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero from prison, a decision that had enraged U.S. officials who placed a bounty for his re-capture. Caro Quintero, whose whereabouts are unknown, walked out of a maximum-secu...
Washington —The Justice Department and a pharmaceutical company that makes the abortion pill mifepristone have asked the Supreme Court tostep into the legal battleinvolving the drug after anappeals courtissued a decision that preservedaccess to itbut blocked a number of moves by the Food and Drug ...
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man’s convictions on firearm and drug charges even though his arrest in Calgary six years ago violated his charter rights. In a 6-1 ruling Thursday, the high court said that despite the fact police made a mistake, excluding the evidence in So...
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that generic drug makers can challenge big-name pharmaceutical firms in court to stop them from broadening the scope of their patent descriptions. The measure overturns a 2010 appeals court ruling and confirms an earlier decision by a federal judge that ordered ...
Watchers of the Food and Drug Administration can take a deep breath, at least for now, following a major Supreme Court decision on how courts review challenges to federal regulations. Experts say the ruling isn’t likely to have immediate implications for the FDA, despite concern that the new...
In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito, the court asked both sides to weigh in by Tuesday over whether lower court rulings restricting the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug, mifepristone, should be allowed to take effect while the case works its way through federal c...
MORE: Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho for now OxyContin, which hit the market in 1996, was a key driver of the nation's opioid epidemic after an aggressive marketing campaign by the company downplayed the dangers of the drug and i...
The Biden administration appealed, and a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit found the drug was legally approved but that the FDA’s actions to loosen restrictions were not constitutional. At oral arguments before the Supreme Court in March, the doctors contended that as...
The appeals court ruling would allow rivals Mylan Inc., Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sandoz, Inc., to start selling generic versions of the drug later this year, after the remaining patents on the drug expire. Afederal district courthad earlier ruled in Teva's favor and upheld the patents...