Pennsylvania Appeals Court: Drug Makers Don’t Have To Send ‘Dear Doctor’ Letters

(October 20, 2020, 1:43 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Oct. 19 affirmed summary judgment in a metoclopramide neurological injury case, agreeing with a mass tort court that the manufacturers’ duty to warn does not include sending “dear doctor” letters about the drug’s updated warning label (Janine Zitney, et al. v. Wyeth LLC, et al., No. 3369 EDA 2019, Pa. Super., 2020 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 3278)....

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