Judge Tosses Lawsuit That Linked Lupron to Patient's Bone Loss

CLEVELAND - An Ohio woman who carried the package insert for Lupron with her each time she received a course of the injection in her physician's office cannot sue the manufacturer for its alleged failure to warn of bone density problems associated with the drug, a federal judge has held. Saraney v. TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc., No. 04-2026 (N.D. Ohio).

Judge Lesley Wells of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Jan. 16 dismissed plaintiff Kathleen Saraney's product liability claims against Lupron maker TAP Pharmaceutical. According to Judge Saraney, the manufacturer's label, which warned patients of …