Last month, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a complete defense verdict for Abbott Laboratories Inc. which was based in part on branded drug preemption. Rheinfrank v. Abbott Laboratories Inc., Case No. 16-3347, 2017 WL 680349 (6th Cir. Feb. 21, 2017).

This defense decision is another step toward limiting liability for manufacturers that could not prevent these types of claims even if they endeavored to.

Originally published in Law360 on April 3, 2017.