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Florida still has a long way to go before it can begin importing certain Canadian drugs

On January 5, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Florida’s proposal under the Section 804 Importation Program (SIP) to allow Florida to proceed to the next steps in the regulatory process to import...more

FDA warns animal drug companies over unapproved antimicrobials, identifying “public health concerns”

In December 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued nine Warning Letters for the manufacture and distribution of unapproved over-the-counter (OTC) antimicrobial animal drugs for use in aquarium fish and...more

Inside the FDA Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Designation Program

On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a new program for entities using or developing advanced manufacturing technologies that is intended to expedite development and assessment of applications for...more

U.S.: FDA enforcement of certain DSCSA requirements delayed until November 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a guidance for immediate implementation, Enhanced Drug Distribution Security Requirements Under Section 582(g)(1), that provides a one-year reprieve from certain...more

Can sterile drug manufacturers implement EU GMP Annex 1 requirements before August?

In August 2022, the European Commission published a revision to Annex 1 “Manufacture of Sterile Medicinal Products” in EudraLex - Volume 4 - Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines that will significantly impact...more

New FDA pilot offers expedited drug program sponsors expanded FDA meeting opportunities on manufacturing issues

Starting April 1, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin accepting requests to participate in a new Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) Development and Readiness Pilot (CDRP) program to provide...more

FDA may permit Rx-to-OTC switch using additional conditions beyond traditional labeling

On June 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the long-awaited proposed rule “Nonprescription Drug Product with an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use” (ACNU), which would could expand the...more

FDA urges drug makers to establish risk management plans to reduce drug shortages Managing supply chain risks is prudent, even if...

On May 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) published the draft guidance “Risk Management Plans to Mitigate the Potential for Drug Shortages,” which aims to assist drug manufacturers in complying with...more

FDA issues final guidance for importing drugs prior to anticipated approval

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the final guidance, “Pre-Launch Activities Importation Requests (PLAIR),” describing its policy regarding requests for the importation of unapproved finished...more

New FDA proposed rule will eventually preempt state drug wholesaler/3PL licensure laws

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the proposed rule, “National Standards for the Licensure of Wholesale Drug Distributors and Third-Party Logistics Providers,” which aims to improve the security...more

Biden Administration Releases First 100-Day Review, Spurring Immediate Actions for US Supply Chains

Pursuant to Executive Order 14017, issued by President Biden on 24 February 2021, a federal government task force examined the vulnerabilities in America’s supply chains for semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging,...more

In sharp rebuke to Trump Administration, HHS notice ending Unapproved Drugs Initiative is withdrawn

On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had announced that the Department was terminating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Marketed Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI). ...more

First company receives FDA violation notice for ClinicalTrials.gov submission omission

On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first Notice of Noncompliance to a company for failing to submit required clinical trial summary results information to ClinicalTrials.gov. In...more

FDA ups OTC monograph facility fees 45% for FY 2021, with exemption for some hand sanitizer makers

In last week's Federal Register, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated and reissued the rates for over-the-counter (OTC) monograph drug user fees for fiscal year (FY) 2021. This Federal Register Notice announces...more

Top 10 things biotech employers need to know about COVID-19 vaccines and returning to the office

On February 2, Hogan Lovells partners Melissa Bianchi, David Horowitz, and George Ingham presented a webinar to the Biotechnical Innovation Organization (BIO) on “What Biotech Employers Need to Know about COVID Vaccines and...more

Fifth Amendment to PREP Act Declaration expands "covered persons" to increase workforce authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines

On January 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued its fifth amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”) related to COVID-19...more

HHS ends FDA Unapproved Drugs Initiative, seeks to limit which drugs require FDA approval

On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced that the Department was terminating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Marketed Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI)....more

FDA issues list of essential medicines and countermeasures required under Buy American Executive Order

Regarding the Trump Administration’s August 6, 2020 “Buy American” Executive Order, which was the subject of a prior client alert, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it published a list of 223 drug and...more

FDA, CMS actions on drug importation promise much, likely deliver little

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced policies intended to permit the importation of, and Medicaid reimbursement for, certain foreign prescription...more

COVID-19 Report for Life Sciences and Health Care Companies (UPDATED)

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 - The Hogan Lovells Government Relations and Public Affairs group is tracking all of the latest developments in the U.S. Congress and relevant news stories. President Trump and his aides on Friday...more

HHS now requires public posting of a decade of clinical trial results that were previously exempted

Earlier this year, we wrote about a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that, if upheld, would require companies to make public a decade of clinical trial results for products that have...more

FDA extends enforcement discretion period for regenerative medicines, citing COVID-19 challenges

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the enforcement discretion period for certain human cell, tissue, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) by an additional six months, citing the challenges...more

Trump administration reversal would take away FDA’s authority to approve biosimilars

On June 25, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court that reverses the government’s prior position by arguing that none of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable...more

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