Manufacturer liability

Manufacturers traditionally protect themselves against the financial risk of product liability damage awards by buying insurance. Changes in pharmaceutical manufacturers liability premiums, claims, and uninsured expenses provide a measure of the financial impact of product liability on a firm s cost of doing business and... 

Although drug manufacturer liability under a theory of design defect products tort was relatively easy to prove, especially in courts adopting the Barker risks benefits test, some DES plaintiffs were barred from recovery by limitations placed on the unborn plaintiff liability doctrine that originated with the thalidomide cases. While thalidomide s teratogenicity affected only fetuses exposed... 

Other German Standards and Guidelines Other International Standards and Committees Signihcance of Standards and Regulations Regarding Manufacturer Liability References... 

SIGNIFICANCE OF STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING MANUFACTURER LIABILITY... 

As referred to above, most of the modules involve the intervention of a third party, the so-called notified bodies. These bodies are designated by Member States as being competent to carry out the certification tasks for which they are notified. As a precondition for their notification they must fulfil the minimum criteria which are set out in the relevant directives. These conditions vary from independence, impartiality and professional integrity, to technical competence, possession of or access to necessary facilities and to liability insurance. Once notified, the Commission publishes a list of all notified bodies in the Official Journal, It is worth noting that there is free competition between notified bodies and that manufacturers can make their own choice from all notified bodies notified within the European Union. 

Reduced waste and increased efficiency reduces manufacturing costs and increases profitability. Reduced environmental, health, and safety liabilities m ike us a more attractive investment. 

Handling, storage, packaging, and delivery After-sales servicing Product safety and liability Purchaser supplied equipment These requirements may not apply to all chemical manufacturing facilities. Where they are required, they are most likely the partial responsibility of the marketing function and you should work with them to establish relevant priorities. 

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The distinction between software as a product and software as a service seems more relevant to research. As Prince [22] suggests, the fact that software is sold and used as a prepackaged item means that strict liability obtains. Should there be a defect in the software, the manufacturer is held liable. Flowever, and especially with research, software is often written with a specific purpose in mind. As such, the programmer is providing a service rather than a product. In the case of software written specifically for a certain research purpose, the liability may not fall exclusively on the software provider. In those situations, it behooves the researcher to be very clear in knowing and stating his or her purposes to the programmer. 

The upshot of this trend toward visibility of research should reduce liability on the part of drug manufacturers and researchers, increase the likelihood that accuracy is enhanced, and produce more informed drug users. The question of accuracy undergirds the topic of liability, and if trends toward pharmacogenetics and individualized drug therapy hold, the importance of accuracy and subsequent liability will only increase. 

Identify environmental problems associated with manufacturing process and the use of the products, before they become liabilities. 

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Concluding the Mexican adventure, by examining the stamped date codes, we finally traced the problem to some manufacturing tolerances on our switcher IC. We also then created an Apps fix (in this case, a soft-start tweak if I remember right), and we were on our way back, with no liability. That was of utmost importance. 

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