December 21, 2012
A Rhode Island federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Massachusetts statute of limitations barred a suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. claiming the bone drug Aredia caused a woman's jaw condition, saying she refused to apply a novel tolling theory to another state's law.
August 31, 2012
A Rhode Island magistrate judge has held that the court should rule in favor of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. in a suit claiming a now-deceased woman allegedly developed a jaw condition from taking the bone drug Aredia, saying the claims are time-barred.