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Unpacking Averages: Common Root Causes Driving Medical Device Recalls

Health Law Advisor

To help medical device manufacturers focus on the types of quality problems that might force them to conduct a recall, we have used the FDA recall database to identify the most common root causes sorted by the clinical area for the medical device. This heat map shows everything from one recall to 150 in each category. Background.

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Not the Best Wisconsin Law Decision We’ve Ever Seen

Drug & Device Law

The Wisconsin guest post let us know about a pending decision that – we all hoped – would take that state out of the “no state appellate precedent” category altogether: Wisconsin has recently made it to the red zone, and may soon cross the goal line, with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals’ forthcoming decision in Rennick v. Teleflex Med.

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Logical Contradiction Doctrine:  Buckman for Textualists

Drug & Device Law

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. Lohr , 518 U.S.

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