July 21, 2014
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday barred the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from using a tobacco science committee's critical report on menthol cigarettes, agreeing with a pair of tobacco companies that the report was tainted by the input of committee members with conflicts of interest.
September 20, 2013
Two top tobacco companies asked a Washington, D.C., judge on Friday to block the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's continued use of a critical report on menthol cigarettes purportedly tainted by biased committee members, secret meetings and the influence of special interests.
August 01, 2012
A Washington federal judge on Tuesday allowed two tobacco companies to move ahead with a suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking to remove allegedly biased members from a tobacco science committee, rejecting the FDA's arguments that the plaintiffs lack standing.
February 14, 2012
Lorillard Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. have no right to judicial review of their action seeking to force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove allegedly biased members from a committee that advises it on tobacco science, the agency told a Washington federal judge Tuesday.
February 25, 2011
Lorillard Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Friday sued to force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove allegedly biased members from a committee that advises it on tobacco science.