Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Litigation

Stites & Harbison represents a broad cross-section of pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers in complex and high-profile litigation. For over twenty years, we have provided our clients with sophisticated and experienced trial and appellate counsel at the local, regional, and national level.

We serve as national and regional counsel for brand-name companies, defending against federal and state court product liability and mass torts actions, class actions, and multi-district litigation. Our pharmaceutical lawyers possess a broad range of skills and experience handling a variety of drug and medical device matters, including off-label promotion and use, misuse, fraud on the FDA, public sector pricing disputes, and defending actions brought by attorneys general.

Stites & Harbison defends a wide spectrum of pharmaceutical and medical products, including:

We strive to provide exceptional client service by understanding our clients’ business concerns and crafting effective legal strategies that both protect our clients’ products and minimize the costs of litigation.

Representative matters include:

• Trial counsel in state and federal courts nationwide for a manufacturer of implantable orthopedic devices
• Nationwide defense of a manufacturer of an infusion pump prescribed for patient-controlled analgesia
• Nationwide defense of a line of cardiovascular catheters used to treat coronary occlusions
• Supervising trial counsel in mass tort litigation involving more than 2,000 plaintiffs in Kentucky
• Lead counsel in the defense of a pharmaceutical company in Kentucky resulting in summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
• Defending brand-name and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in mass tort claims alleging undisclosed side effects of drug usage.