Appeals court reverses verdict favoring drug companies. Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Appeals court reverses verdict favoring drug companies.
Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. AIDS Policy Law. The four companies, Alpha Therapeutic Corp., Miles Laboratories Inc., Armour Pharmaceutical Co., and Baxter Travenol Laboratories Inc., provided Factor VIII, a clotting concentrate, to Stephen Poole, the plaintiff's husband, from 1972 until his death in 1987. The three-judge panel said the trial judge's decision to avoid ruling on the antigenic stimulation theory, based on insufficient evidence, was improper. In addition, the appeals court said a retrial is necessary because of improper remarks made by Alpha's attorney.