Outcome
Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) and failure to plead securities fraud with particularity under Rule 9(b) and the PSLRA. The court found plaintiffs failed to establish that omitted FDA compliance facts were material or that defendants made misleading statements.
What This Ruling Means
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