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A Texas Mess

Drug & Device Law

The relevant legislative history demonstrates that Congress enacted the PREP Act in 2005: To encourage the expeditious development and deployment of medical countermeasures during a public health emergency. . . [by] 247d-6d(b)(8). “To Alabama State Board of Pharmacy , 61 F.4th 4th 902, 905 (11th Cir. 247d-6d(c)(1)(A)(i)).

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

Drug & Device Law

Wyeth , 2005 WL 544222, at *6 (N.D. March 4, 2005), rev’d on other grounds , 462 F.3d 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.

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