Episode 185: America’s Bioeconomy with Sarah Glaven, White House Research Biologist
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 167: Dr. Ehsan Samei & Dr. Susan Halabi, Triangle CERSI
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Fee Waivers for Small Businesses: Who Qualifies for the Small Business User Fee Waiver for Drugs and Biologics and How to Apply
[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Claire Fraser
Nota Bene Episode 71: Shifting Regulatory Landscapes at the FDA: Cannabis, Vaping and Intelligent Medical Devices with Allison Fulton
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: FDA Regulatory and Patent Implications of the Transition Provision of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: Expedited Review Programs for Drugs and Biologics
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: Real-World Evidence in Drug Development and FDA Submissions
A changing competitive landscape: the role of the ITC in the biosimilars space
As discussed in a prior Goodwin Alert, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released Draft Guidance for designating a platform technology for drug development pursuant to § 560k of the Federal Food, Drug, and...more
On May 21, 2024, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a warning letter issued to Akan Biosciences, Inc. (Akan) for unresolved inspection observations...more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more
Nearly five decades after the FDA last reorganized animal drug labeling regulations, the agency has released a proposal to revise the requirements for the content and format of labeling for approved or conditionally approved...more
On January 5, 2024 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its approval of the State of Florida’s proposal to import certain prescription drugs from Canada under the Section 804 Importation Program (SIP). This approval...more
As the United States’ primary public health and consumer protection agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates at least one quarter of the nation’s economy and exerts significant influence over global...more
U.S. President Biden recently enacted the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023,” a $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill that contains the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA). Below we analyze how Section 3612 of FDORA,...more
The Act introduces key reforms to the FDA regulatory framework relating to drugs, biological products, and cosmetics, among others. On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023...more
Aside from a small number of companies the FDA has permitted to pursue the development of psilocybin therapies (e.g., Compass), the majority of psychedelic mushroom sales in the U.S. currently violate both state and federal...more
Two bills were signed into law on April 23, 2021, with the aim of increasing access to and education regarding generic and biosimilar medicines. The Ensuring Innovation Act was passed with the aim to “lower the price...more
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a long-awaited final guidance document explaining its policy for conducting remote “evaluations” during COVID-19. According to the guidance,...more
Following up on our colleagues’ post earlier this month covering the Food and Drug Administration’s 2020 device law and policy activities, this post will explore prescription drug and biologic law and policy developments over...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s six-month pediatric exclusivity rules that apply to drugs also largely apply to biologics (albeit with certain distinctions), which may become a valuable life cycle management strategy...more
FDA’s recent release of new guidance on civil money penalties for the failure to submit required information to the ClinicalTrials.gov data bank may indicate a renewed interest in the enforcement of these requirements. On...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued three letters (one warning letter and two untitled letters) over the last two months of 2019 directed at four different companies focused on the processing, distributing,...more
Manufacturers and distributors of health care products, including pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices and diagnostics regularly face challenges that may require an internal investigation to determine the root cause of...more
Out of a sample of 29 non-representative drug manufacturers surveyed earlier this year, 23 had publicly posted policies related to accessing their investigational drugs outside of the context of formal clinical trials,...more
Here are our picks for the most significant U.S. regulatory developments related to biosimilars in 2018: 1. FDA Releases Biosimilars Action Plan - In July, FDA released the Biosimilar Action Plan (BAP), which outlines...more
One of the first warning letters of 2018 was issued to a manufacturer of a human cell, tissue, and cellular and tissue-based product (HCT/P) that the Food and Drug Administration said was regulated as a drug, and as a...more
Yesterday we started off our year-end series of blog posts with the first part of a review of FDA’s actions for 2017 in the therapeutic products space. Part 1 recapped Commissioner Gottlieb’s initiative to tackle drug...more
On January 9, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance entitled, Annual Reporting by Prescription Drug Wholesale Distributors and Third-Party Logistics Providers: Questions and Answers; Draft...more
Over the past few days, FDA issued three documents related to the scope of permissible communications by drug and device companies to various parties. We believe FDA aimed to accomplish two things through these documents....more
Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that their insulin glargine injection product, Basaglar® (a follow-on biologic for Sanofi’s Lantus®), is now available by prescription in the U.S. Although Basaglar is...more
The FDA broadly defines biologics as medical products derived from living sources (human, animal, plant, or microorganism) intended to treat or prevent diseases. Biologics thus include such varied vehicles of medical...more