Pharmaceutical Litigation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (SHB) has successfully defended pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in products liability and other high-stakes pharmaceutical litigation for more than 35 years. The firm’s unsurpassed track record in this arena draws from a long history of pharmaceutical litigation. In the early 1970s, Eli Lilly and Co. engaged SHB as regional counsel and later as national co-counsel in cases involving oral contraceptives and the DPT vaccine. Currently, we represent more than 30 pharmaceutical and medical device parent companies and their subsidiaries in products liability, antitrust, employment, environmental, commercial, and intellectual property litigation.

Our dedicated pharmaceutical litigation group comprises more than 100 attorneys dedicated to the unique needs and challenges of the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, they have access to more than 125 research analysts with advanced degrees in multiple scientific disciplines and state-of-the-art support services. Together, our pharmaceutical litigation group is known for its ability to develop and execute sophisticated defense strategies, manage projects efficiently and accurately, and go to trial when necessary.

Also known as the SHB Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Practice, our pharmaceutical litigation team has handled cases in every state and the District of Columbia, as well as in federal courts across the country. Our work with the SHB Public Policy Practice has also shaped the law on many cutting-edge legal issues, including those related to market share, pricing and third-generation liability. As a result, Global Counsel’s Life Sciences Industry Report has said that SHB is “universally acknowledged as having the premier U.S. industry practice in this area” with “almost unrivaled experience in drug and device issues.”

Understanding the world of pharmaceuticals is critical to representing our clients successfully. Our experience ranges from defending clients in pharmaceutical litigation involving acne drugs, anesthesia drugs, anti-arrhythmic drugs, antibiotics, antidepressants, anti-psychotic drugs, anti-seizure drugs, blood and plasma products, blood glucose monitors, bone screws, contraceptive diaphragms, contraceptive sponges, defibrillators, heart valve, hepatitis vaccines, implantable contraceptives, injectable progesterone, latex gloves, ophthalmic products, over-the-counter medications, pacemakers, prostaglandins, snakebite anti-venom, surgical instruments and surgical sutures.

We have cultivated a reputation for dynamic, cost-effective solutions built on decades of pharmaceutical litigation experience in this competitive, complex industry. Contact us today, and let us put that experience to work for you.