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Pharmaceutcial: Why They're So Important in the Med Mal Arena

By Janice G. Inman
March 30, 2005

Hospitals, clinics, and individual medical practitioners are always vulnerable to suit for malpractice, but their actions alone are not necessarily the cause of patients' problems, either real or perceived. In order to provide health care services, the practitioner will generally need to employ diagnostic equipment, prescribe medications, use surgical equipment or implant medical devices. The products drug and device companies put out are so integral to the medical provider's practice that it's often difficult to determine where the practitioner's services end and the effects of these products begins.

The Public Perception

Recently, and particularly during the past few years, the question of how safe medical products are has come to the forefront of the nation's consciousness. Individuals and consumer groups are demanding corporate responsibility and calling for greater government oversight. Medical providers, too, are seeking greater access to information once held back from public dissemination by manufacturers and the government concerning the health consequences of drugs and devices.

In This Issue

The products that the drug and device industries market impact greatly on the quality of care that health care providers can offer their patients. Health care providers must therefore keep abreast of the latest news about the safety of pharmaceutical products. In this Special Issue, we explore some of the new safeguards that are being proposed and put into place to protect consumers from the unintended side effects of using medications and medical devices. We also look at the controversy surrounding the importation of lower-cost medications from foreign sources, and at one case that highlighted the interplay between medical providers and drug manufacturers in marketing pharmaceutical products.



Janice G. Inman, Esq.,

Hospitals, clinics, and individual medical practitioners are always vulnerable to suit for malpractice, but their actions alone are not necessarily the cause of patients' problems, either real or perceived. In order to provide health care services, the practitioner will generally need to employ diagnostic equipment, prescribe medications, use surgical equipment or implant medical devices. The products drug and device companies put out are so integral to the medical provider's practice that it's often difficult to determine where the practitioner's services end and the effects of these products begins.

The Public Perception

Recently, and particularly during the past few years, the question of how safe medical products are has come to the forefront of the nation's consciousness. Individuals and consumer groups are demanding corporate responsibility and calling for greater government oversight. Medical providers, too, are seeking greater access to information once held back from public dissemination by manufacturers and the government concerning the health consequences of drugs and devices.

In This Issue

The products that the drug and device industries market impact greatly on the quality of care that health care providers can offer their patients. Health care providers must therefore keep abreast of the latest news about the safety of pharmaceutical products. In this Special Issue, we explore some of the new safeguards that are being proposed and put into place to protect consumers from the unintended side effects of using medications and medical devices. We also look at the controversy surrounding the importation of lower-cost medications from foreign sources, and at one case that highlighted the interplay between medical providers and drug manufacturers in marketing pharmaceutical products.



Janice G. Inman, Esq.,

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