July 13, 2012 12:07PM 

# From Overlawyered: Medical Roundup 

By [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson) 

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Cross-posted from [Overlawyered](http://overlawyered.com/2012/07/drug-medical-roundup/):

- How’d we get shortages of hospital and community sterile injectables? Check out the role of FDA Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regs, warning letters, and resulting plant closures \[[Tabarrok](http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/06/drug-shortages-caused-by-the-fda.html), with comments controversy; earlier [here](https://www.cato.org/a-hospital-drug-shortage-made-in-washington/), [here](http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/april-20-roundup-3/), [here](http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/medical-roundup-4/), etc.\].
- California orthopedist sues, wins damages against medical society that took action against him based on his testimony for plaintiff in liability case \[[*American Medical News*](http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/06/25/prca0625.htm); earlier [here](http://overlawyered.com/2003/09/rx-hired-gun-control/), etc.\].
- Can’t have that: medical apology should be opposed because it “can create an emotional connection with an injured patient that makes the patient less likely to ask for compensation” \[[Gabriel Teninbaum (Suffolk Law), *Boston Globe*](http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-01/opinion/31501301_1_patients-apology-medical-errors)\].
- Feds’ war on painkillers is bad news for legit patients and docs \[[Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/16/us-dea-prescription-drugs-idUSBRE85F09220120616), [Mike Riggs/​*Reason*](http://reason.com/blog/2012/07/12/tightening-the-rules-on-oxycontin-pushes)\].
- New federal pilot project in Buffalo will provide concierge-style home care to emergency-department frequent fliers. Spot the unintended consequence \[[White Coat](http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/06/healthcare-update-06-11-2012/)\].
- Dastardly drug companies? Deconstructing Glaxo SmithKline’s $3 billion settlement \[[Greg Conko, MPT](http://www.medicalprogresstoday.com/2012/07/gsk-to-pay-3-billion-fda-still-exaggerating-its-place-in-the-universe.php)\]. Paging Ted Frank: “HIPAA’s Vioxx toll” thesis may depend on whether one accepts that the premised Vioxx toll has been established \[[Stewart Baker](http://www.volokh.com/2012/06/23/privacys-death-toll/), [Ted’s recent post](http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2012/05/ron-unzs-misguided-attack-on-merck-over-vioxx.php)\].
- United Kingdom: “Lawyers seizing lion’s share of payouts in NHS negligence cases” \[*[Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9352397/Lawyers-seizing-lions-share-of-payouts-in-NHS-negligence-cases.html)*\].
- Silver linings in SCOTUS Obamacare ruling? \[[Jonathan Adler and Nathaniel Stewart](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/309154/positive-steps-silver-linings-jonathan-h-adler)\] “DNC Scientists Disprove Existence of Roberts’ Taxon” \[[Iowahawk](http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2012/07/dnc-scientists-disprove-existence-of-roberts-taxon.html) humor\]. Did Ginsburg hint at the court’s direction on the HHS contraception mandate? \[[Ed Morrissey, Hot Air](http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/08/did-ginsburg-hint-at-the-courts-direction-on-the-hhs-mandate/?partner=skygrid)\]

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