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Dealing with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Non-Decision on Standards Compliance Evidence

Drug & Device Law

The court refused to apply strict liability, holding “that even if [defendants] could be shown to have ‘marketed’ the prosthesis, strict liability does not apply.” at 526 (citation omitted). “[R]esearch and innovation in medical equipment and treatment would be inhibited.” Central Medical Health Services, Inc. , 2d 521 (Pa.

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Confident Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

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Thus a confident learned intermediary’s testimony will defeat causation as a matter of law by stating that, notwithstanding a poor result, the treatment provided was standard of care, and even in hindsight they would not do anything different. Confident learned intermediaries stand by their medical decisions. Medrano , 28 S.W.3d

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Unimpressed Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

The prescriber’s] testimony, however, does not establish that he would have altered his prescribing conduct. That oncologists prescribing lifesaving standard-of-care treatment in the face of “aggressive cancer” are not impressed by a risk of – permanent hair loss – is not surprising. at *3 (emphasis original). 2d 806, 817 (5th Cir.

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Guest Post – Defendant Pitches A Shut Out And Hits A Home Run In Securing Summary Judgment In A Fosamax Case

Drug & Device Law

Though the Redbirds are having a rough season, few sports franchises have enjoyed such sustained periods of excellence and perennial playoff contention , a laudable accomplishment for a midsized market team without the seemingly bottomless pockets of the New York and Los Angeles teams. at *3 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).