· 5/27/1986
Thompson Medical Company, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
Citations
- 791 F.2d 189
- 253 U.S. App. D.C. 18
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25182
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that the FDA “has no warrant” to address the defendant’s claim that Aspercreme is more effective than aspirin because “the FDA’s evaluation of OTC drugs only involves a determination of the safety and efficacy of individual drugs”
- involving false advertising claims relating to an analgesic, the safety and effectiveness of which the FDA had been studying since 1962
- “[O]urs is an age of overlapping and concurring regulatory jurisdiction.”
- requiring two well-controlled clinical studies
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Judges: Robinson, Mikva, Ginsburg
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