Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Food & Drug Administration

OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

In this case, plaintiffs, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Inc., Private Medical Care Foundation, and others challenge the validity of a regulation promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration which requires certain information to be provided to patients for whom drugs containing estrogens are prescribed. The defendant agency has been joined by the Consumers Union of the United States, Inc., the Consumer Federation of America, the National…