Pfizer Wants Michigan Law Applied to Pennsylvania Bextra Case

PHILADELPHIA - Several defendants have filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a case filed in Pennsylvania by a Michigan woman who claims she suffered blood clots after taking Bextra and Vioxx. Henderson v. Merck & Co. Inc., et al., No. 04-5987 (E.D. Pa.).

In a motion filed July 21, the defendants, led by Pfizer Inc., maintain that the case has no connection to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and should be dismissed under Michigan law. Michigan has a statute prohibiting civil lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers for products that received FDA approval.

Pfizer argues that even if the …