6th Circuit: E-Liquids Maker Lacks Standing To Sue FDA For Court-Set PMTA Deadline

Mealey's (October 8, 2020, 1:04 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 5 affirmed a district court’s dismissal of an e-liquids manufacturer’s lawsuit claiming that the Food and Drug Administration’s filings to a Maryland federal court unlawfully supported the court’s order advancing the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) deadline by 27 months for lack of standing and found that the manufacturer’s request for injunctive relief halting PMTA-related enforcement against it was without merit (Vapor Technology Association, et al. v. U.S. Food And Drug Administration, et al., No. 20-5199, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 31586)....