T.H. v. Novartis Pharm. Corp.

INTRODUCTION

*594May Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis), a former manufacturer of a brand-name asthma medication, be liable in negligence for neurological injuries allegedly sustained by twin minors in utero after their mother was prescribed and consumed a generic form of the medication nearly six years after Novartis sold its interests in the medication?

The minors allege Novartis knew or should have known physicians prescribed its asthma medication to pregnant women for the off-label purpose of preventing or inhibiting preterm labor. They allege studies available to Novartis before…