Bird Flu = bad lawyers

[Marc A]

Under the cover of a Flu Crisis Akin to Nuclear War the President announced his Bird Flu agenda in a feeble attempt to change the conversation from Iraq and the Scooter. What went unnoticed in the coverage of the story was this little tidbit from the Washington Post:

Bush said he will also ask lawmakers "to remove one of the greatest obstacles to domestic vaccine production -- the growing burden of litigation," adding that "Congress must pass liability protection for the makers of life-saving vaccines." He did not provide any details of that proposal.

Excuse me, but the Bird Flu Crisis is the fault of the trail lawyers?

This is the same old trick the administration has been using for years. Hype a story, whether it be terrorism or Katrina, to push the Republican agenda through.

[Coastie for Truth]

1. He identified the WRONG class of frivolous law suits

We are the last industrial country to allow INJUNCTIVE RELIEF in patent law suits over patents covering therapeutics and pharmaceuticals.

We are one of the very few industrial countries to not allow the defense of failure to satisfy demand (failure to "work") in patent law suits over patents covering therapeutics and pharmaceuticals.

We ought to get rid of frivolous patent law suits. The issue is not frivolous product liability suits - it is frivolous patent law suits.