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Article FDA Thank You In unanimous decision, Supreme Court solves FDA’s ‘standing’ issue

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In unanimous decision, Supreme Court solves FDA’s ‘standing’ issue Two lower courts had articulated a Rube Goldberg-esque theory of “standing” – the right of a person or organization to sue another entity – based on the idea that doctors not prescribing mifepristone or treating patients who had taken it had experienced economic harms.

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The BFDs – The Ten Best Prescription Drug/Medical Device Decisions of 2023

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2023) (remote trial testimony cannot be compelled beyond Rule 45’s 100-mile limit on subpoenas) ( here ); Carson v. They excluded bogus expert testimony under Fed. Further, “adequacy” is an objective standard, that neither a plaintiff’s self-interested testimony nor equivocal health care provider testimony can touch.

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the relationship between [plaintiff] and its pharmacy benefit manager. . . Apparently, massive loss of evidence was merely a “usual and customary service” of pharmacy benefit mangers nationwide. According to Plaintiffs’ expert. . ., is typical of such relationships in the United States, and it includes usual and customary services.