Supreme Court’s FDA Decisions Highlights Little Understood Issue of Preemption

Date

2008

Authors

Bard, Jennifer S.

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Journal ISSN

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Publisher

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Exchange

Abstract

Professor Bard analyzes the Supreme Court’s decision in Riegel v. Medtronic, 552 U.S. 312 (2008), as a way to highlight how the Supreme Court approaches the issue of preemption.

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Keywords

Preemption, Commerce clause, Medical devices, FDA, MDA

Citation

11 (2) ASBH Exchange 6