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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

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

Can’t Hardly Wait: OPDP Issues a Notice of Violation Where Risk Information Was Not Provided Adequately

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

This is a Land of Confusion: FDA Issues Q&A Guidance on Addressing Misinformation About Medical Devices and Prescription Drugs

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

The Boys Are Back in Town: FDA’s Draft Guidance for Compliance With the Phase-Out of LDT Enforcement Discretion

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 Fixx: FDA Clarifies Distinctions Between Medical Device Servicing and Remanufacturing

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

Open Up Your Eyes: FDA Expects Real Transparency in ClinicalTrials.gov Disclosures

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

Love Is Like Oxygen (Unless FDA Thinks You Get Too Much, You Get Too High): FDA Issues a Warning Letter to a Medical Device...

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

Welcome to the Machine: FDA Issues White Paper on AI and Medical Products

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: FDA Issues a Warning Letter to a Medical Device Reprocessor for Changes to Marketed Products

“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

Harmony and Me: FDA Issues Final Rule to Amend Quality System Regulation for Medical Devices

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

This Time of Year: OPDP Issues First Letter in 2024 for Unlawful Promotion

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

What Lies Ahead, We Have No Way of Knowing: FDA Authorizes Florida’s Drug Importation Program

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

(Maybe) I Can See More Clearly Now: FDA Issues Q&A Guidance on DTC Rx Ads

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

All Mixed Up: FDA Issues Two Guidances Relating to Compounding Using Bulk Drug Substances

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

I Can See Clearly Now: FDA Issues Final Rule on DTC Rx Ads Relating to Presentation of the Major Statement in TV and Radio Format

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

Double Vision: OPDP Issues Two Notice of Violation Letters in One Day

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

Say What You Say: FDA Issues SIUU Draft Guidance

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

There Must Be Some Misunderstanding: FDA Issues a Warning Letter to a Medical Device Company That Made the Wrong Decision on...

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

FDA Issues New Draft Guidance on Regulatory Considerations for Prescription Drug Use-Related Software

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

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: FDA Issues an Updated Final Guidance Relating to the Breakthrough Devices Program

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

[Webinar] The Long and Winding Road: (Some) EU and FDA Issues to Consider With Clinical Trials and Clinical Agreements - September...

Please join AGG Food & Drug co-chair Alan G. Minsk and Taylor Wessing Life Sciences and Healthcare attorneys Dr. Manja Epping and Irina Rebin for a complimentary webinar exploring the regulatory landscape of clinical trial...more

[Webinar] FDA Tries to Keep Up: How FDA and Industry Are Trying to Keep Up With Artificial Intelligence - September 13th, 2:00 pm...

FDA has cleared or approved hundreds of products that work with artificial intelligence (“AI”) and acknowledges that the agency and industry need help navigating how FDA-regulated products engage with AI. In response to the...more

What Would Al Stewart Think About OPDP’s Latest Untitled Letter: A Sign of More Enforcement?

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

FDA Imposes Its Weight and Puts the Load on a Drug Company for Unlawful Promotion

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

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