State-law Raptiva suits preempted 
Published: September 10, 2012
Tags: Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs’ Legal Committee, design defect, failure to warn, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Genentech, negligence, preemption, product liability, psoriasis, Raptiva
Federal law preempted Michigan product liability actions that alleged injuries from the psoriasis drug Raptiva, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Raptiva pulled off market 
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: April 9, 2009
Tags: Raptiva
Genentech is voluntarily withdrawing its psoriasis drug Raptiva from the U.S. market because of the risk of a serious neurological infection.
