Plaintiffs Can Recover Damages from Pharmacy That Allegedly Failed to Warn of Potential Drug-Drug Interaction

MINNEAPOLIS - A pharmacy that failed to warn of a potential drug interaction resulting from concomitant use of Baycol and Lopid can be found liable by a man who claims he was injured as a result of the combination. In re: Baycol Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1431 (D. Minn.).

U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis found that the pharmacy was not fraudulently joined since the pharmacy advertised that it could detect and safeguard against drug-drug interactions and that the plaintiff relied on the pharmacy's promise, according to a decision entered Feb. 26. The order remanded the proceedings to the …