Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd, et al., Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 [ruling unanimously that drug companies can do "pre-clinical studies" under FDA rules on an existing patented drug in the process of developing...
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court says drug makers can ignore rival patents while researching generics
The US Supreme Court in a unanimous decision has ruled that drug companies can do "pre-clinical studies" under FDA rules on an existing patented drug in the process of developing a generic alternative to market in the future. Read...
United States v. Marquez, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 7, 2005 . Excerpt:The random, additional screening procedure in this case...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has upheld the drug conviction of a passenger found with cocaine during an airport security check. Sergio Ramon Marquez was randomly selected from a line...
Israeli police have detained a group of around 20 young neo-Nazis who originally immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union. The group was discovered after police last month arrested one of the young men , a soldier...
International brief ~ Lawyers begin arguments in Nepal corruption case against former PM
Leading Thursday's international brief, government lawyers for the Royal Commission for Corruption Control have begun arguments before the commission in the case against former Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba , former Foreign Minister Prakash Man Singh and...
Middle East spokeswoman for Amnesty International Nicole Choueiry expressed the group's opposition Monday to a recent announcement from Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari that the death penalty would be retained in Iraq and that the...
A Russian immigrant turned Israeli soldier was arrested in Israel for ties to neo-Nazi groups Thursday just as Israel was marking Holocaust Remambrance Day on the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat. The soldier had been arrested on...
Guatemala will create a security unit to offer increase protection for 19 judges and six magistrates who have received death threats, according to a plan approved by the country's supreme court on Friday. The court announced the plan at...
An Alabama Circuit Court refused Friday to dismiss the first wrongful-death suit brought against Merck for their painkiller Vioxx. Merck pulled Vioxx from the market when a study found it to double the chances of heart attacks and strokes...