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Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 2006

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References

1 438 F.3d 1052 (10th Cir. 2006).

2 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301-397 (2000); Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1053-54.

3 Id.

4 Id. at 1054.

5 Id.

6 Id.

7 Id.

8 21 U.S.C. §§381(d)(1) and 355(a); Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1054.

9 Id.

10 Id.

11 Id.

12 Id.

13 Id.

14 Id.

15 21 U.S.C. §332(a); Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1054.

16 Porter v. Warner Holding Co., 328 U.S. 395, 398 (1946).

17 Id.

18 Id. at 396-99.

19 Mitchell v. Robert De Mario Jewelry, Inc., 361 U.S. 288, 291 (1960).

20 Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1055 (citing Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc., 516 U.S. 479 (1996)).

21 Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1055 (citing Meghrig, 516 U.S. at 487).

22 Id. at 484-88.

23 Id. at 485-86.

24 Id. at 487.

25 Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1056-57.

26 Id. at 1058.

27 Porter, 328 U.S. at 398.

28 Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1058.

29 Id. (citing 21 U.S.C. § 332(a)).

30 Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1058 (citing Mitchell, 361 U.S. at 296); c.f. United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 396 F.3d 1190 (D.C. Cir. 2005)(finding that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) prohibits courts from ordering disgorgement because RICO contains solely forward-looking remedies). The Tenth Circuit concluded that the Philip Morris holding does not affect the present decision since the language the court relied on in RICO is not present in the FDCA. Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1059 (citing Philip Morris, 396 F.3d at 1199).

31 Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1058.

32 Id. at 1059.

33 Id.

34 Id. (citing Porter, 328 U.S. at 402)(comparing the remedies present in the FDCA with those present in the EPCA and finding substantial similarities).

35 Rx Depot 438 F.3d at 1059.

36 Id. at 1060.

37 Id. (citing 21 U.S.C. § 360h(b)(2)(C)).

38 Rx Depot, 438 F.3d at 1060.

39 Id. at 1061.

40 Id.

41 Id.

42 Id.

43 Id.

44 Id.; Richard v. Hoechst Celanese Chem. Group, Inc., 355 F.3d 345, 354-55 (5th Cir. 2003); United States v. Carson, 52 F.3d 1173, 1181 (2d Cir. 1995).

45 Philip Morris, 396 F.3d at 1202.