Legal Opinion
Suthers v. Amgen, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 6, 2005No. 05 CIV.4158(PKC)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CASTEL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Robert Suthers and Niwana Martin are courageous individuals who participated in a research trial for an experimental treatment for Parkinson’s Disease. The decision to participate in the trial was no small matter. It was accompanied by invasive surgery to implant a pump in the abdomen and catheters into the brain in order to deliver the treatment. Each knew that there was a 50/50 chance of receiving nothing more than a placebo through the first six months of the trial.
Though plaintiffs did receive placebos for the first six months of the…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Edward Abney, Barbara Allen, James Day, Robert Green, Delbert Jackson, James Pugh, Roger L. Thacker, and Daniel Hunter Webster v. Amgen, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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