His parents soon started exploring a lawsuit against Merck, the developer of the blockbuster asthma and allergy drug, Singulair, along with the manufacturer of the generic version their son took.
That meant Merck had written the warning label, with federal approval, on the generic version of Singulair that Nicholas England took.
But his parents couldn’t sue Merck, either, because their son had never taken its name-brand version of Singulair.
The generic drug manufacturer that made the pills England took, Teva Pharmaceuticals, did not respond to inquiries.
Since Merck’s patent on Singulair expired in 2012, major generic drug manufacturers have sold millions of prescriptions under the drug’s scientific name, montelukast.
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