Drugmakers Argue Claims In Depo-Provera MDL Are Preempted By Federal Law

( February 4, 2026, 11:47 AM EST) -- PENSACOLA, Fla. — The manufacturers of a long-lasting injectable contraceptive that allegedly caused women to develop intracranial meningiomas, a type of brain tumor, argue in a summary judgment brief that they could not have changed the drug’s warning labels without approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, rendering claims against them preempted by federal law....