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Unimpressed Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

The law presumes that licensed doctors know what they are doing. W]e believe that a drug manufacturer cannot be required legally to foresee that a licensed physician will disregard express warnings regarding a drug’s use. . . . 2002), aff’d , 356 F.3d American Cyanamid Co. , 3d 496, 514 (6th Cir. Synthes Spine Co. ,

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