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Confident Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

2009), reversed a plaintiff’s verdict for entry of judgment n.o.v. The prescriber] provided explicit, uncontroverted testimony that, even when provided with the most current research and FDA mandated warnings, as well as the information found in [defendant’s] updated. . . July 8, 2009) (applying California law); Nix v.

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Who Needs a Lawyer in the Eleventh Circuit?

Drug & Device Law

The plaintiff in Jacob sued the manufacturer of a Class III, FDA premarket-approved medical device. First, the plaintiff’s non-parallel claims were “preempted to the extent” that they would have imposed “alleged labeling or manufacturing requirements that are different from, or in addition to, those imposed by the FDA.” 341 (2001).

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Tear Down the Goalposts – Rutgers Wins

Drug & Device Law

As much as we like preemption, no basis for preemption exists based with respect to the informed consent requirement of the statute’s provision governing emergency use authorized (“EUA”) products, such as (at the time) COVID-19 vaccines. 555, 573 (2009), and these antivaxxers didn’t come close. Second, the FDCA (21 U.S.C.