The PLIVA,Inc

question 34

Multiple Choice

The PLIVA,Inc.v.Mensing case involved the issue of whether the federal law requirement that generic drugs must bear the same FDA-approved labels as their brand-name counterparts preempts state law claims for failure to warn.What was the holding by the U.S.Supreme Court?

• A) Federal law did not preempt state law claims for failure to warn.
• B) Federal law preempted state law claims for failure to warn.
• C) Federal law preempted state law claims for failure to warn based on strict liability but that failure to warn claims based on negligence could proceed.
• D) Federal law preempted state law claims for failure to warn based on negligence but that failure to warn claims based on strict liability could proceed.

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