Legal Opinion
Raymond Rosen v. Ciba-Geigy Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1996No. 95-3064PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant, Ciba-Geigy, manufactures a nicotine patch called “Habitrol.” The patch is affixed to the user’s skin and delivers nicotine through the skin and into the bloodstream. The goal is to help the user break his cigarette habit by alleviating his craving for nicotine. The patch is available only by prescription. The instructions that accompany the patch warn both the physician and the patient that the patient should not smoke while wearing the patch and that a patient who has coronary artery disease should be carefully screened before the patch is prescribed for…
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