2007 Senate Bill 43: Repeal FDA approved drug lawsuit ban

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Introduced by Sen. John Gleason (D) on January 24, 2007, to allow product liability lawsuits against drug companies for drugs that have been approved by the U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA). The bill would repeal a “tort reform” law passed in 1995, under which such lawsuits are prohibited in Michigan courts unless the company intentionally withheld information or misled the FDA about the drug, or used bribery to gain approval.
- Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 24, 2007.

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1) hope it doesnt happen to any of you. by Anonymous Citizen on July 4, 2008
As a person suffering from the side effects of a medication that were so well hidden even a specialist in neurology didnt know about them, this law is ridiculious and i sure hope none of you are ever in my shoes. Wondering how your family is going to survive after u are permantly disabled or worse dead. This law was striclty written to protect Upjohn and passed by the legislators would benffited from them. And look what good it did. Yhey were bought out and still left the state.
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2) Michigan citizens have the right to recourse against Drug Companys by Anonymous Citizen on April 28, 2007
If what you say is true, and Pfizer left Michigan because of this law being submitted for passage, then where would Pfizer go? Michigan is the only state that has a law on the books that says the citizens of Michigan have no recourse against a Drug company. All other states have the right to recouse against any Drug company.
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3) Coincidence or result? by changeagent on February 9, 2007
In early January a radio news broadcast mentioned that this issue was one of the top two issues the new House of Representatives would be pushing for. At the time, it occurred to me how foolish this was, especially considering the current economic conditions in Michigan and the Governors push for "high tech" jobs like...medical and pharmaceutical research. It may be a coincidence that shortly after this bill was introduced Pfizer announced cuts of over 2,500 "high tech" jobs in Michigan. However, one cannot help but think that the powers that be at Pfizer considered the increasingly hostile climate in Michigan, including this bill, when they decided where to make cuts.
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