An Encouraging Report on Overdose Deaths

The National Center for Health Statistics reports that overdose deaths have dropped 10 percent over the past year. Is this just a pause in the fatality rate before a climb resumes, or is it the beginning of a new trend? Though it is too early to know the answer, many...

On the Toxic Tort Docket

Recent surprise decisions have upended plaintiffs’ expectations on the toxic tort front. In Delaware, the top court is rehearing the trial court’s evidentiary ruling admitting plaintiffs’ experts’ testimony in the Zantac cases. The Third Circuit has ruled that...

What I’m Reading (Sept. 19)

While ants live forever thanks to a little parasite, humans are too busy popping GLP-1s and obsessively organizing their kitchens to notice. Meanwhile, your happiness may reach a plateau flatter than your bank account after a month of trendy, influencer-driven...

The Media and I: Drug Reciprocity

Lars Larson began our most recent conversation by noting the increase in life expectancy in the US, largely due to advances in drug development. However, he quickly pivoted to criticize current drug shortages, which was the subject of a recent article of mine.

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