Nearly three months after hearing oral arguments, a divided Fifth Circuit panel issued its decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, upholding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) underlying approval of...more
For a brief moment in time last April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) approval of the commonly-used abortion medication, Mifepristone, was curtailed. Just days after a Texas federal judge’s ruling suspended...more
6/16/2023
/ Abortion ,
Class Action ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v Casey ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS ,
Texas
U.S. Attorney’s Offices (“USAOs”) across the country are issuing warning letters to physicians and other prescribers (collectively, “Prescribers”) cautioning them about their opioid prescribing practices (the “Warning...more
2/7/2019
/ Criminal Investigations ,
DEA ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Mitigation ,
U.S. Attorney ,
Warning Letters
On October 24, 2018, President Trump signed the “Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act” or the “SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act” (the “SUPPORT...more
11/7/2018
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Health Care Providers ,
Kickbacks ,
Laboratories ,
New Legislation ,
Opioid ,
Patient Safety ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician-Owned Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Substance Abuse ,
Trump Administration