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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech... more +
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech or the press, preventing citizens from peacefully assembling, or interfering with citizens' ability to petition the government for redress of their grievances. The First Amendment is one of the most sacred aspects of the American legal tradition and has spawned a vast body of jurisprudence and commentary. less -
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FDA Seeks to Provide Greater Insight on Off-Label Promotions of Pharmaceuticals

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The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) serves as the gatekeeper between pharmaceutical companies and the public they serve, including governing how medications are promoted and advertised. Pharmaceutical companies want to go...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

The Past, Present, and Future of Government Regulation of Off-Label Communications – Part 3

This is Part 3 in my series exploring the history of FDA’s regulation of off-label communications, which has become newly relevant in light of the recent events highlighted in Part 1. In this installment, I continue...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Announces Dates for Long-Awaited Public Hearing on Its Regulation of Off-Label Communications

Times, They Are A-Changin’ - On Wednesday, FDA announced that it will hold a two-day public hearing on November 9th and 10th to obtain input from a broad cross-section of the health care industry, including...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Amarin Pharma Comes Out on Top in Federal Case Involving Freedom of Speech

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received another blow to its ability to regulate pharmaceutical product marketing that was dealt via a court order stating it is not in the agency’s purview to control promotional...more

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Another Successful First Amendment Challenge to the Prohibition of Off-Label Promotion for FDA-Approved Drugs: Part Two

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The Free Speech Clause notched another victory in the latest and, perhaps, final chapter of the lawsuit between the FDA and Amarin Pharma, Inc. concerning off-label marketing of an FDA-approved drug. On March 8, 2016, the FDA...more

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Will Big Pharma’s free speech rights trump FDA, regulatory safety?

Recent developments in the law may have opened a new path for drug makers to exercise corporate free speech rights in ways that don’t look healthy for consumers. The case that concerns health watchdogs started when...more

Foley Hoag LLP

FDA and Amarin Pharma Reach Milestone Settlement Allowing Off-Label Drug Promotion

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A milestone Settlement Agreement was reached March 8, 2016 between the Food and Drug Administration and Amarin Pharma, Inc. that expressly allows Amarin to promote its drug product, Vascepa®, for unapproved – i.e.,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Fight the Good Fight Every Moment: Do Recent First Amendment Court Developments Deal a Blow to the Government?

In the last month, the Food and Drug Administration has suffered setbacks relating to off-label promotion oversight. In both cases, one involving a pharmaceutical company and the other a medical device firm and its Chief...more

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Amarin Settles Off-Label Promotion Case Against the FDA

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The Amarin settlement represents another important development in the FDA’s enforcement of off-label promotion. On March 8, 2016, US District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer entered a Stipulation & Order of Settlement in...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Amarin/FDA Settlement: A Significant First Amendment Victory for Off-Label Marketing

On March 8, 2016, Amarin Pharma, Inc. and FDA entered into a formal settlement, close to a year after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a preliminary injunction against FDA’s threats to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Amarin Pharma Settles First Amendment Claims Against FDA: Potential Implications

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Irish drug company Amarin Pharma, Inc. (Amarin) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed, on March 8, 2016, to settle claims that FDA regulations barring Amarin from making “truthful” and “non-misleading”...more

Morgan Lewis

FDA and Amarin Reach Settlement on First Amendment and Off-Label Statements

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FDA agrees to allow truthful and non-misleading off-label promotion. On March 8, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York approved settlement terms in connection with Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al. v....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"One-Two Punch: Amarin Settlement Order and Vascular Solutions Acquittal Further Erode Off-Label Promotion Enforcement Regime"

In an apparent first, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conceded that a pharmaceutical company may engage in truthful and nonmisleading speech promoting the off-label use of a prescription drug. This concession...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Southern District of New York Finds Amarin Pharma, Inc.’s Off-Label Promotion Is Protected Speech; Company Cannot Be Prosecuted...

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Pharmaceutical industry and constitutional buffs have been closely watching Amarin Pharma Inc. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The case presented the (not wholly novel) question whether the First Amendment protects...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Future of Government Regulation, Enforcement of Off-Label Promotion"

Three years ago, in United States v. Caronia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) neither prohibits nor criminalizes truthful, nonmisleading speech that...more

Perkins Coie

Pharma and Medical Device Industry Victory in Off-Label Marketing Decision

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held that the FDA may not constitutionally bring a misbranding action based on truthful and non-misleading off-label promotion of an FDA-approved drug,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: FDA Sued Again in Off-Label Promotion Case

To quote the late Yogi Berra, it must feel like déjà vu all over again for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (or, if you prefer, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s song, “Déjà Vu” (“We have all been here before”)). Fresh off...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Trend Watch: First Amendment Challenges To FDA Promotional Requirements Continue

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In the wake of Amarin Pharma’s victory in securing a preliminary injunction against the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) prohibition of off-label communication of Vacepa , Pacira Pharmaceuticals has filed a First...more

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First Amendment Right to Off-Label Promotion – Has Pandora’s Box Been Opened for FDA?

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A handful of recent court decisions, including one issued just last month, seems to have potentially cracked open the door for pharmaceutical manufacturers to have more leeway to promote off-label uses of their products....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - August 2015 #4

In Case You Missed It: Possible Jail Time for TCPA Violations, Microsoft Gets Slammed With Solicitation Scam Class Action, and 'Do Not Disturb' Technology Gets Pushed on FCC - The world of the Telephone Consumer...more

Jackson Walker

Another Successful First Amendment Challenge to the Prohibition of Off-Label Promotion for FDA-Approved Drugs

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The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prevailed in the latest challenge to the FDA's prohibition against marketing FDA-approved drugs for off-label (or non-FDA-approved) uses. Applying the Second Circuit’s...more

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Pharmaceutical Companies Get Off-Label Marketing Victory

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Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot prohibit a pharmaceutical company from marketing its drugs for off-label uses if its claims are truthful and not misleading. This ruling,...more

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District Court Holds That FDCA Does Not Prohibit and Criminalize Truthful Off-Label Promotion of FDA-Approved Prescription Drugs

On August 7, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York released its Amarin opinion addressing whether truthful, non-misleading off-label promotion of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Health Care Update - August 2015 #2

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Major Medicaid Drug Payment Rule Under OMB Review: Last week a highly anticipated rule that could set the standards for the Medicaid Drug Rebate program arrived at the White House for final review. The Medicaid Outpatient...more

Morgan Lewis

Practical Implications from Amarin

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Amarin is an important US district court opinion affirming the importance of the Second Circuit’s Caronia decision and finding that pharmaceutical and medical device companies have a constitutionally protected right to...more

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