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To Arms (Yet Again)! NY Bill To Eliminate Learned Intermediary Doctrine

By James M. Beck and Mark Herrmann

A bill recently introduced in the New York State legislature proposes to eliminate the learned intermediary doctrine for prescription drugs or devices that are promoted through direct-to-consumer advertising. Here's a link to the description of the bill.

As we've said before (when this issue arose in California), we like the learned intermediary doctrine, for a whole host of reasons.

Folks who are interested in preserving the learned intermediary doctrine in New York should act now.

Full post as published by Drug and Device Law on April 03, 2009 (boomark / email).