As the PPI case filings seem to have significantly increased, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) took a decision to hear the argument of PPI litigations on July 27, 2017, under a new motion to create centralization of cases under MDL, which was earlier rejected by U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance as the cases seemed too complicated with so many generics and manufacturers connected with PPIs. This hearing may bring out a positive turn to PPI litigation.
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