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The (Legal) Pains of Vioxx: Why Product Liability Can Make Products More Dangerous

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Omri Ben-Shahar (University of Michigan Law School)
Abstract

Comparing the experience of Vioxx and Celebrex leads Omri Ben-Shahar to think that stiff product liability has the perverse effect of inducing manufacturers of defective products to leave these products on the market, rather than withdraw them.

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Article provided by Berkeley Electronic Press in its journal The Economists' Voice.

Volume (Year): 3 (2006)
Issue (Month): 6 ()
Pages: 6
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Keywords: Vioxx liability pharmaceuticals Celebrex Cox-2 risk

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