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CPAP MDL Overinflates Plaintiffs’ Claims

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2002). “[I]t is not the role of a federal court to expand state law in ways not foreshadowed by state precedent.” CPAP II shrugs off plaintiffs’ repeated allegations that defendants “failed to apprise the FDA” of this or that, with the excuse that plaintiffs don’t really “rely” on them. Ford Motor Co. , 3d 661, 680 (3d Cir.

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Comment K, Presumptions, and Medical Device Design Defects Under Texas Law

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Texas, unlike most states, enforces a strong statutory presumption that prescription medical product warnings complying with FDA requirements imposed by “pre-market approval or licensing of the product” are adequate as a matter of law. March 4, 2005), rev’d on other grounds , 462 F.3d 3d 364 (5th Cir. American Home Products Corp. ,

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California Appellate Court Reaffirms Federal Preemption, Learned Intermediary Doctrine in Amiodarone Cases

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3, 2002) (to be published), the California Court of Appeal held that federal law preempts state law failure-to-warn claims alleging that branded and generic drug manufacturers did not ensure that patients received FDA-approved Medication Guides for amiodarone, a heart medicine. In Amiodarone Cases , No. A161023, 2022 WL 16646728 (Cal.

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A Texas Mess

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That Complaint alleges various antivax conspiracy theories concerning COVID-19 vaccines, the FDA, emergency use authorizations, and the media that have circulated since these vaccines first became available. The FDA, however, did not and does not share that belief. FDA (8/23/21) press release (emphasis original).

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Logical Contradiction Doctrine:  Buckman for Textualists

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470 (1996), was decided – removing express preemption as a defense for manufacturers of §510(k) products So defendants moved on fraud on the FDA under an implied preemption theory and won. Plaintiffs Legal Committee , 531 U.S. Mensing , 564 U.S. Mensing , 564 U.S. Mensing , 564 U.S. Lohr , 518 U.S. Lohr , 518 U.S.

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