Last week the Sixth Circuit issued a significant opinion in Yates v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., No. 15-3104, 2015 WL 8538119 (6th Cir.
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PhRMA Responds to FDA Letter in First Amendment Dispute
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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America last week submitted an amicus brief relating to the FDA’s response to a drug company’s suit c…
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Class Certification Denied in Drug Case
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A federal court rejected a proposed class action in which plaintiffs alleged that a drug maker misstated the frequency of potential side effects. See …
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FDA Seeks Comments on DTC Study
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The Food and Drug Administration is seeking public comment on its investigation of the impact of communicating risks in direct-to-consumer prescriptio…
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Social Media
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently took a small step towards providing industry with the long-awaited guidance on how pharmaceutical maker…
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Federal Court Offers Cogent Analysis of Warning Causation in Drug Case
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A New Jersey federal court granted summary judgment last week to a pharmaceutical defendant in a failure to warn case. See Baker et al. v. APP Pharmac…
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Busy Mass Tort Court Revises Punitive Damages Rule
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The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, a busy mass tort jurisdiction, to say the least, has continued to tinker with its mass tort general rules, las…
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Defense Victory in Bellwether Drug Trial Affirmed
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A state appeals court recently upheld a judgment for defendant in the first bellwether trial in consolidated litigation in New Jersey over claims conc…
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Court of Appeals Rejects RICO Claim in Drug Case
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One of the things we like to do here at MassTortDefense is keep an eye on the non-traditional claims plaintiffs concoct — to evade the requirements o…
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Lone Pine Order Adopted in Avandia MDL
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In the right case, we are big fans of the “Lone Pine” order as a tool of case management. Named for Lore v. Lone Pine Corp., No. L-33606-85,…
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