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Learned Intermediary Doctrine

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

learned intermediary doctrine


: a doctrine of products liability law: the manufacturer of a prescription drug fulfills its duty to warn of potentially harmful effects of the drug by informing the prescribing physician and is not also obligated to warn the user




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