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Exhibit 075

In re Gardasil Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 3036: order granting summary judgment on preemption

Exhibit 075 ยท Court order

In re Gardasil Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 3036: order granting summary judgment on preemption

Granted Merck's Motion for Summary Judgment Based on Implied Preemption (Doc. 188) as to the bellwether plaintiffs, whose claims involved POTS and POI, on their state-law failure-to-warn claims. The court held that Merck could not have added the requested warnings to the FDA-approved label without newly acquired information. The order is to apply to other MDL plaintiffs by prior orders or agreement. Signed 10 March 2025; filed 11 March 2025.

Source
U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina (Judge Kenneth D. Bell), as reported
Date
11 March 2025
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ncwd-3_22-md-03036/pdf/USCOURTS-ncwd-3_22-md-03036-25.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Order in In re Gardasil Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 3036 (W.D.N.C.), govinfo docket USCOURTS-ncwd-3_22-md-03036, document 25.

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Finding MED-5.3
Reported No Gardasil injury suit has reached a jury verdict. A federal court ruled the failure-to-warn claims preempted in 2025, and Merck entered an agreement in October 2025 to settle most remaining cases that was final by August 2026.