Instead of sending a turkey and cranberry sauce, in the spirit of 2020 where nothing is normal, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) made a different delivery this year for...more
FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued only five letters in 2017 (compared to eleven in 2016 and nine in 2015). This relatively slow year left some prescription drug manufacturers wondering if, to quote the...more
They’re back. The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP), which has been relatively quiet on the enforcement front, issued a Warning Letter to a pharmaceutical company for distributing...more
Many of us remember the classic bit in the epic 1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie, where the Dead Collector asks the pestilence-infested community to bring out its dead, and one hapless individual calls out, “I’m not...more
As we have previously covered, the Food and Drug Administration is in the midst of reevaluating its policy on off-label promotion of medical products—that is, promotion of drugs, medical devices, and biologics for uses not...more
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's 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 Washington, DC...more
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
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
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's 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 Washington, DC...more
The pharmaceutical industry has recently felt empowered and emboldened by recent litigation that would seemingly allow companies to distribute, proactively, information about unapproved uses, i.e., off-label, so long as the...more
Taking a page (or lyric) from Todd Rundgren’s 1978 song, “Can We Still Be Friends,” it looks like the government, namely, the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Justice, and Pacira Pharmaceuticals, are looking to...more
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
9/22/2015
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Amarin ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Due Process ,
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Fair Notice ,
FDA Warning Letters ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Free Speech ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Misbranding ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
Off-Label Use ,
Pharmaceutical Industry
Once a month, AGG’s terrific FDA team publishes a newsletter updating readers on the latest regulatory news affecting food/drug companies–including those from Ireland and Northern Ireland. The August newsletter is here and...more
8/27/2015
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Bifurcation ,
Commercial Speech ,
Data Security ,
Evidence ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Free Speech ,
Litigation Hold ,
Medical Devices ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Privacy Policy ,
Sanctions