Lawsuits against generic drugmakers have typically been a small but significant slice of the mass tort litigation pie in Philadelphia, but according to attorneys who work in the pharmaceutical arena, that slice has shrunk to nearly nothing.

Although the Philadelphia Complex Litigation Center does not keep track of the number of claims against generic drugmakers, both plaintiffs and defense attorneys said the filings have dropped to almost zero in the past five years, due almost entirely to a U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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