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Pharmaceutical Industry Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Misleading Impressions

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Rock You Like a Migraine: OPDP Issues Notice of Violation for Misleading Representations in TV Ad That Promoted Popular Migraine...

In 1984, the international rock band, The Scorpions, released the song, “Rock You Like a Hurricane.” Forty years later, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion rocked a pharmaceutical company...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Here We Go Again; FDA’s Back in Town Again: OPDP Issues a Second Notice of Violation in Less Than a Month

Much like how Ray Charles lamented in 1967, the pharmaceutical industry is saying, “Here we go again, she’s back in town again,” as the Food and Drug Administration issued its second Notice of Violation in a month. Last week,...more

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FDA Issues Long-Overdue Regulations on Direct-To-Consumer Advertisements for Prescription Medications

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On November 21, 2023, the FDA published its final rule changing how prescriptions medicines are advertised to consumers. The FDA first issued its proposed rule in 2010, which subsequently went through three public comment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Context is Key: FDA Sends a Strong Message About Efficacy Claims

On August 4, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued a Warning Letter to AstraZeneca which stated that the company made misleading claims in a promotional sales aid...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDA Issues Untitled Letter to Althera Pharmaceuticals for Statements Relating to ROSZET®

On June 2, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued an untitled letter to Althera Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Althera) relating to promotional communication for ROSZET®...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Out of Touch: FDA Takes Exception With Drug Company’s Promotion for Topical Drug Product

Who doesn’t remember Hall and Oates’ 1984 hit, “Out of Touch?” Perhaps, reviewers in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion were humming this song when it recently issued an Untitled Letter...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Fluoride Supplement Manufacturer Forced To Address Misleading Labeling Allegations

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Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama decided Method Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. H-2 Pharma, LLC, a dispute concerning labeling for fluoride products that raised a variety of issues with...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

You Cannot Do It Any Way You Want It: FDA Issues an Untitled Letter for an Incomplete Journey Forward

Late last year, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion issued an Untitled Letter to a drug company for unlawful promotion of its biologic product....more

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AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - March 2021

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: OPDP Issues Its First Letter of 2021

New Year. Same Types of Issues. The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued its first Warning Letter of 2021, and it identified many of the same types of unlawful promotional...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Managing and Maintaining Clinical Trial Disclosure for Publicly Traded Life Sciences Companies

One of the fastest ways to garner unwanted attention as a publicly-traded life sciences company is to be accused by either a regulator or stockholder that the company disclosed materially misleading information about the...more

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A new normal in the pharmaceutical industry: How to fight back when your competitor can't stop fibbing

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Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Director Janet Woodcock, M.D., recently indicated that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unlikely to take enforcement action against a pharmaceutical company committing...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

2016 Year In Review: Securities Litigation And Regulation

2016 was an active year in securities litigation. In the first half of 2016 alone, plaintiffs filed 119 new federal class action securities cases. It was also a busy year for SEC enforcement proceedings, with a record 868...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - April 2016

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's (AGG) Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s...more

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You Can Pay Now or You Will Pay Later: FDA Issues a Warning Letter to a Pharmaceutical Company for a Misleading Patient Co-Pay...

On March 29, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a Warning Letter to a pharmaceutical company for a patient co-pay assistance voucher that failed to include risk...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

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