Calif. Federal Judge Refuses to Stay Zometa Action

SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge has refused Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp's request to stay a Zometa injury case pending the outcome of several earlier-filed cases that are advancing to trial, ruling that the drug maker has failed to show how the development of these other cases will assist in the resolution of this action. Whitney, et ux. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., No. 11-2894 (N.D. Calif.).

On April 25, Judge Yvonne G. Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the case-specific issues in this action are not reliant on the disposition of any …