Washington–Trial attorneys and consumer groups are condemning what they say was a backroom deal aimed at eliminating liability for drug companies who manufacture vaccines for a pandemic such as the avian flu.
"In the dead of night when no one was watching, U.S. Senator Bill Frist provided his corporate friends in the drug industry with an unprecedented giveaway that puts the health and safety of Americans at risk," said Ken Suggs, president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
The liability issue was raised when the immunity provision was tacked on to a conference committee report of defense appropriations legislation.
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