A Twin Cities medical device maker and its chief executive, both facing conspiracy and other charges, are preparing to fight back in court by taking aim at the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate sales pitches made to doctors.
Vascular Solutions Inc., the Maple Grove maker of surgical catheters and other devices, and its co-founder and CEO, Howard Root, will argue in court that he and the company had a First Amendment right to tell doctors the truth about how to use a vein-closure device, even if the FDA doesn’t like the sales pitch, documents and lawyers say.
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Vascular Solutions Inc., the Maple Grove maker of surgical catheters and other devices, and its co-founder and CEO, Howard Root, will argue in court that he and the company had a First Amendment right to tell doctors the truth about how to use a vein-closure device, even if the FDA doesn’t like the sales pitch, documents and lawyers say.
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