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Topical Gene Therapy FDA-Approved for Severe Skin Disease, Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

PLOS: DNA Science

DEB has been a candidate for a gene therapy since 2002. “Until now, doctors and nurses had no way to stop blisters and wounds from developing on dystrophic EB patient skin and all we could do was to give them bandages and helplessly watch as new blisters formed. RDEB is inherited from two carrier parents.

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The Medical Device Labeling Exception for “Commonly Known” Hazards

Drug & Device Law

2002), which rejected a Georgia plaintiff’s contention that a medical device manufacturer had a duty to place a warning on the product itself “that third parties should not activate the PCA pump on behalf of the patient to whom it is prescribed.” Bard, Inc. , 3d 1272 (11th Cir.

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FDA and Off-Label Communication – Getting Closer to Truth

Drug & Device Law

357 (2002); United States v. That’s a significant step forward, since it aligns the FDA’s view of permissible science more closely to what doctors (and Medicare) actually rely on in clinical situations. E.g. , Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. , 552 (2011); Thompson v. Western States Medical Center , 535 U.S. Caronia , 703 F.3d FDA , 119 F.

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