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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Cases to Watch: Gilead Life Sciences v. Superior Court

The California Supreme Court granted review in Gilead Life Sciences v. Superior Court—a hopeful turn of events after lower courts issued decisions that resulted in an unprecedented expansion of negligence liability for...more

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California Supreme Court Will Review Novel Negligence Theory for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

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The Situation: The California Supreme Court recently granted review of a California Court of Appeal decision, Gilead Life Sciences, Inc. v. The Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, that made waves in the...more

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Product Liability: How it Works For and Against Victims of Defective Medical Devices

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Crafting the perfect medical device is never an exact science—but a patient should never suffer because of defects in a product that was intended to improve their quality of life. Determining whether a device manufacturer or...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Patients Raise Concerns Over Safety of Bard PowerPort

The Bard PowerPort, often known as the "BardPort," is a subdermal medical device designed to facilitate the connection of a catheter for the administration of intravenous fluids or medication. However, since its launch, there...more

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State AGs Choose Products Liability Case as Battleground for State Sovereignty

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A bipartisan coalition of 23 state attorney generals led by Virginia AG Jason Miyares recently went up in arms about a products liability ruling they believe will threaten state consumer protection laws. On May 30, the...more

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Unprecedented Escalation of Injunction by French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety

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In June 2021, Philips notified the ANSM of a field safety action that related to the potential risk of degradation and inhalation of carcinogenic compounds from the sound-absorbing foam used in its ventilation devices for...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Federal Investigation of Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance (AGGA) Dental Device Prompts Wave of Lawsuits

When a doctor suggests that a medical device may help you, they’ll explain a little bit about how the device works; however, truly understanding how any given device works often requires either a medical or scientific...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Heartburn for Valisure: Controversial Testing Lab Under Fire

In early December, a federal judge tossed plaintiffs’ expert evidence and dismissed some 2,450 lawsuits in the sprawling litigation involving the heartburn medication Zantac. U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg’s December...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Elmiron Linked to Eye Disease

What You Need to Know About Pursuing a Claim - Thanks to recent research, it’s now known that the bladder drug Elmiron can lead to eye damage and vision loss. ...more

Hogan Lovells

China’s drug regulator seeks comments on updated drug recalls regulation

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On October 10, thirteen years after China’s Measures for the Administration of Drug Recalls first took effect, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, formerly “China Food and Drug Administration”) proposed an...more

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FDA updates VMSRP instructions for summary MDR reporting – including reasons for possible program exclusion

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated the information regarding its Voluntary Malfunction Summary Reporting Program (VMSRP) on the FDA Medical Device Reporting (MDR) web page....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Enforcement Spotlight: US Prosecutors Continue To Target Medical Technology Companies

Health care fraud continues to be a top enforcement priority for U.S. prosecutors, and nowhere is this more true than for the medical technology sector. From 2014-2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought enforcement...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.26.2019 | Top Story: Amgen to Pay More Than $13 Billion for Otezla

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Amgen will pay $13.4 billion in cash to buy psoriasis treatment Otezla, a deal that will “pave the way for Bristol-Myers Squibb to complete its acquisition of Celgene” by addressing “regulatory concerns over their union”....more

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