In 1976, the Eagles released the song, “Life in the Fast Lane,” as part of their iconic album, Hotel California. Approximately 16 years later, the Food and Drug Administration began offering pharmaceutical companies their own...more
While the authors are not huge fans of the rock band Def Leppard, its 1983 “Photograph” hit came to mind recently, when we read a recent Warning Letter issued, in part, because of a company’s refusal to allow photographs...more
In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-chair of the firm’s International Initiative, is joined by Alan Minsk, AGG Food & Drug chair, to unpack the intricacies of working with the Food and Drug...more
Peter Murphy’s 1989 single, “Cuts You Up,” came to mind when we read FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion’s (“OPDP”) latest Notice of Violation....more
11/20/2024
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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
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
In 1987, the influential garage rock band, The Replacements, led by Paul Westerberg, sang, “I can’t hardly wait.” Years later, the Food and Drug Administration issued a Notice of Violation — the second this year — to a...more
In 1986, from the Invisible Touch album, the rock band Genesis sang a song about “Land of Confusion” (remember the weird video with puppets?). Almost 40 years later, in July 2024, the Food and Drug Administration issued a...more
Thin Lizzy famously declared in their 1976 hit, “The Boys are Back in Town.” The same is true almost 50 years later, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced its plan to phase out its general enforcement...more
The 1980s British rock band, The Fixx, comes to mind when one reads the Food and Drug Administration’s recently issued “Guidance for Industry, Entities That Perform Servicing or Remanufacturing, and Food and Drug...more
Based on client inquiries and FDA actions, the Food and Drug Administration is focusing more on companies not submitting data to www.ClinicalTrials.gov. It is taking stronger action against those companies it believes are...more
One of the catchiest songs written by the 1970s British glam rock band, Sweet, is “Love Is Like Oxygen,” released in 1978. The chorus includes the lyrics, “Love is like oxygen; you get too much, you get too high.” Apparently,...more
For music aficionados, many would agree that the rock band, Pink Floyd, was ahead of its time. “Welcome to the Machine,” from the 1975 album Wish You Were Here, was one of those transformative songs for one of this Bulletin’s...more
“Every little one, every little one,” a song lyric from Bruce Hornsby and the Range’s 1986 single, “Every Little Kiss,” comes to mind when we read a recent Food and Drug Administration Warning Letter issued to a reprocessor...more
In 1973, Sir Elton John sang, “Harmony and me, we’re pretty good company,” on his classic album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. More than 50 years later, the Food and Drug Administration issued a Final Rule to amend the medical...more
Better Than Ezra’s early 1990s single, “This Time of Year,” came to mind when we saw the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion issue its first Untitled Letter (also known as a Notice of...more
A recent development with the Food and Drug Administration made us think of a song lyric from Florida native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Tom Petty, “What lies ahead, [we] have no way of knowing.” As a kick-off to 2024,...more
On December 26, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued a Questions and Answers Guidance for industry titled “Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements:...more
When we think of compounding, which is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication specific to the needs of an individual patient, we think of the Cars’ 1978 classic, “It’s All Mixed Up.”...more
In 1972, Johnny Nash sang the catchy song, “I Can See Clearly Now.” A little more than 50 years later, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion issued a Final Rule relating to...more
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued two Notice of Violation (“NOV”) letters in one day. Foreigner’s 1978 “Double Vision” album and title track come to mind. Both...more
In its 1997 hit song “Don’t Go Away,” the rock band, Oasis, sang, “Say what you say . . . ’cause I need more time . . . just to make things right.” The lyrics must have been playing in the hallway when the Food and Drug...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
New technologies continue to emerge that improve care for patients taking prescription medications. On September 18, 2023, five years after the Food and Drug Administration sought initial public comment, the agency issued its...more
We remember the late Jimmy Buffett who sang in his 1977 classic, “Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes; Nothing remains quite the same.” Demonstrating a change in attitude, in September, the Food and Drug Administration...more