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[exwannabe]

RE: MDT Wins ‘Preemption’ Case

"I really can't see the distinction here between a medical device maker that gets FDA approval being absolved of any liability and a drug maker who gets approval from the same agency"

From the Times article:

"..that Medtronic and other manufacturers were protected under the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, which in its section on pre-emption bars states from imposing on medical devices “any requirement which is different from, ..."

So unless the same language can be found in the relavent code for drugs, it does not apply.

BTW: I really dislike this ruling.