Polsinelli’s Products Liability Life Sciences practice group has significant experience defending clients in high-profile products liability, mass tort and consumer class action litigation across the country in the life sciences industry.

Backed by a full-service firm with a deep bench and decades of trial practice, our Products Liability Life Sciences team is skilled in managing complex and nationally coordinated litigation in courtrooms across the country. Our team has successfully defended clients in numerous federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) matters, statewide coordination and consumer actions of significant public interest garnering national media attention.

In our role as strategic legal advisors, our attorneys work closely with clients to mitigate and reduce the risk of products liability claims from the outset. As part of our encompassing client service, we work with our clients to help resolve regulatory compliance issues and have extensive experience liaising with federal agencies including the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), State Attorneys General and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Our team’s experience includes national, regional and trial counsel roles in the defense of some of the largest mass tort litigations clients in the life sciences industry have faced, including:

• Zantac
• NuvaRing
• Contraceptive Implants
• Baby Foods
• Hernia Mesh
• Vioxx
• Phenylpropanolamine
• Port Catheters
• Benzene Litigation
• Diet Drugs
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Drug-Eluting Stents

Our Product Liability Life Sciences practice and litigators have earned national and regional recognition from leading publications including Chambers USA, BTI Litigation, The American Lawyer, Best Lawyers and more.