With their customary precision, Beck & Herrmann summarize the state of play, which is not as favorable toward the plaintiff's side as the law firms on that side must have hoped it would be at this point. "Plaintiffs' real gripe is not with promotion of off-label use but with the legality of off-label use itself. But they lost that battle in Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, 531 U.S. 341, 350-51 & n.5 (2001)."
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



