What is the liability of a pharmaceutical company for failing to warn of the potential dangers of a drug?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Singleton v. Eli Lilly, Co., CASE NO. 1:10-cv-02019-AWI-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2011):
knowledge available at the time of manufacture and distribution of the drug. See Brown v. Super. Ct. 44 Cal. 3d 1049 (1988); Carlin, 13 Cal. 4th at 1109 (manufacturers are strictly liable for injuries caused by failure to give warning of dangers known to scientific community at the time of manufacture and distribution of the product).
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