Summary Judgment Granted to Drug Maker in Generic Keflex Case

MOBILE, Ala. - An Alabama federal judge has granted a generic drug manufacturer summary judgment on claims that it failed to warn physicians that its generic antibiotic could cause Steven-Johnson Syndrome, ruling that the plaintiff failed to show that her doctor would not have prescribed the drug had a different warning been given. Barnhill v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., No. 06-282 (S.D. Ala.).

On May 10, Senior Judge Charles R. Butler Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama further ruled that the plaintiff failed to support her implied warranty of merchantability claim with evidence that …