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Taking Notice of Notice Letters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) March 21, 2024, warning letter to Agena Bioscience Inc. (Agena), a genetic diagnostic test developer, generated a lot of immediate commentary among regulatory lawyers and...more
A recent New York Times article reported that dozens of spine surgery patients at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center were treated with a product that was not approved for use in such procedures. Burst...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 15 days from receipt of its June 21 warning letter to elaborate on corrective actions to address violations of federal requirements...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
On April 30, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had sent “warning letters” to 10 branded pharmaceutical manufacturers, alleging that the companies had made “improper or inaccurate listing of...more
This week, the FTC continued its intense regulatory focus on pharmaceutical patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book. As reported in earlier editions of The Interplay, the FTC issued a policy statement in September 2023,...more
As we recently discussed, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent warning letters to certain drug manufacturers regarding their purportedly improper listing of device patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”)...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses warning letters to notify manufacturers that they have violated the FDA’s regulations or federal law. Manufacturers that receive warning letters must respond promptly, and they...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a Letter to Industry warning medical device manufacturers and device study sponsors (“device firms”) of a source of “fraudulent and unreliable laboratory testing...more
In 1980, the British rock band, Genesis, released “Misunderstanding.” Forty-three years later, the Food and Drug Administration and a medical device company fell into a misunderstanding about a product’s regulatory...more
The FDA issued a warning letter to Abiomed, for failing to seek approval for its Impella Connect System software before putting it on the market. The Impella Connect System software is designed to work with the company’s...more
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted both the incredible promise and challenges for life science companies developing and manufacturing drugs, biological products, and devices that enhance our lives....more
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
In his 1973 song, “Nostradamus,” singer-songwriter Al Stewart sang, “I am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to me.” So, we started thinking, what would Mr. Stewart think of FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug...more
We pay tribute in this Bulletin to the late Robbie Robertson of The Band, who penned the 1968 classic, “The Weight,” and the harmonic lyric, “You put the load right on me.” The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of...more
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a roundup 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
Many of us remember the television commercial where an older woman falls and cries out, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” This image and quote came to our mind when FDA recently issued a Warning Letter to a medical...more
Are State Attorneys General expanding their reach in this Post-Dobbs world? On February 1, 2023, twenty state Attorneys General signed letters to both CVS and Walgreens warning the giant retail pharmacies against mailing...more
Speaking Tuesday at the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Annual Conference, Mark Raza, FDA Chief Counsel, discussed the investigations priorities for FDA’s Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC), including its focus on stopping...more
In a nod to Alice Cooper’s 2000 song, “It’s the Little Things” (or, for literary fans, Robert Frost’s quote, “It’s the little details that are vital; little things make big things bigger”), the Food and Drug Administration’s...more
On 17 May 2021, the Acting Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Diana Espinosa, sent letters to six pharmaceutical manufacturers stating that the manufacturers’ actions to limit access to...more
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
They can if you operate in a regulated industry, such as pharma, med devices, cannabis, dietary supplements, etc. FDA has specific labeling requirements for products and they look at hashtags related to products the same...more
In keeping with family tradition, another Kardashian made headlines again in our food and drug world for the wrong reasons. And FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) was not likely amused to issue its third...more
Well, that was fast. Fresh off issuing its first Warning Letter of 2021,1 the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) struck again. OPDP sent the Warning Letter to the drug company a day...more