Medical monitoring in the US: an update for life science companies | Practical Law
Medical monitoring claims remain a troublesome feature of litigation against life sciences companies. Claimants continue to seek to fill the gap between yesterday's drug use or medical device implantation and tomorrow's possible adverse effects with the "no-injury" theory. This chapter looks at recent developments, medical monitoring in life sciences, medical monitoring class actions, inconsistent treatment of individual issues in and attempts to prematurely standardise medical monitoring as a recognised claim.