Cherokee Nation Urges Tribe’s Supreme Court To Toss Drugmakers’ Appeal

(July 28, 2016, 5:09 PM EDT) -- TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court should reject an appeal by drugmakers of a tribal court’s refusal to dismiss the tribe’s negligence claims regarding the diabetes drug Actos because the appeal is premature, the Cherokee Nation tells the Supreme Court in a June 24 response brief (Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al. v. The Cherokee Nation, No. SC-16-02, Cherokee Sup.)....