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Tom Harkin: “I must also say, regardless of the difference between drugs and devices, we're getting new drugs on the market all the…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2009
I must also say, regardless of the difference between drugs and devices, we're getting new drugs on the market all the time, and they are not preempted from tort claims.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes that new drugs are still subject to tort claims unlike devices.

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