IN RE FOSAMAX (ALENDRONATE SODIUM) PRODUCTS

No. 22-3412.

118 F.4th 322 (2024)

IN RE: FOSAMAX (ALENDRONATE SODIUM) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Phyllis Molnar and all other plaintiffs listed in Exhibit A to notice of appeal, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 20, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Frederick, [ARGUED], Ariela Migdal, James Ruck, Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick, 1615 M Street NW, Sumner Square, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, Mark Sparks, Ferguson Law Firm, 3155 Executive Boulevard, Beaumont, TX 77705, Counsel for Appellants.

John R. Boule III, Jeffrey R. Johnson, Jacob M. Roth, [ARGUED], Jones Day, 51 Louisiana Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001, Karen A. Confoy, Fox Rothschild, 997 Lenox Drive, Princeton Pike Corporate Center, Building 3, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, Stephen E. Marshall, Venable, 750 E Pratt Street — Suite 900, Baltimore, MD 21202, Eileen O. Muskett, Fox Rothschild, 1301 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 400, Midtown Building, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, Counsel for Appellee Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

William B. Schultz, Zuckerman Spaeder, 1800 M Street NW — Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, Counsel for Amicus Appellants Medshadow Foundation, Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, Mary K. Pendergast, JD, and Jeremy Sharp.

Robert S. Peck, Center for Constitutional Litigation, 1901 Connecticut Avenue NW — Suite 1101, Washington, DC 20009, Counsel for Amicus Appellant Gregory Curfman, MD.

Andrew N. Ferguson, Kevin M. Gallagher, Office of Attorney General of Virginia, 202 N 9th Street, Richmond, VA 23219, Counsel for Amicus Appellants Commonwealth of Virginia, State of Alaska, State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Georgia, State of Illinois, State of Indiana, Commonwealth of Kentucky, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Minnesota, State of Mississippi, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of South Carolina, State of Texas, State of Utah, and State of Vermont.

Karen B. Menzies, KBM Law, 6701 Center Drive W — Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90045, Counsel for Amicus Appellants Joseph Lane, M.D., Vincent Vigorita, M.D., and David Burr, Ph.D.

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, 275 Battery Street — 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94619, Avery S. Halfon, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, 250 Hudson Street — 8th Floor, New York, NY 10013, Andrew R. Kaufman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, 222 Second Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37219, Ernest A. Young, 3208 Fox Terrace Drive, Apex, NC 27502, Counsel for Amicus Appellant Public Law Scholars.

Before: JORDAN, PHIPPS, and FREEMAN, Circuit Judges


OPINION OF THE COURT

Drug manufacturers have the primary responsibility to ensure that the labels on their products comply with federal and state law. In this case, hundreds of Plaintiffs accuse drug manufacturer Merck Sharp & Dohme ("Merck" or the "Company") of failing to comply with drug labeling requirements...

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