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Ushering in a New Era: FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biosimilar

Has the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally ushered in a new era for the U.S. biosimilar marketplace? Many in the industry are hopeful after the Agency approved its first interchangeable biosimilar, Mylan’s Semglee...more

HHS Issues Buprenorphine Practice Guidelines as Study Confirms Access Barriers

One of the spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in opioid-related deaths. These deaths overwhelmingly affect working-class Americans with limited access and resources to lifesaving drugs such as...more

FDA Ups the Ante and Sends First Notice of Noncompliance for Failure to Submit Clinical Trial Results

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have the authority to regulate clinical trial reporting requirements. Despite this authority, FDA and NIH have scantly enforced this area...more

CBD Regulatory Enforcement Continues with Over-the-Counter CBD Pain Relief Products

Enforcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) against cannabidiol (CBD)-containing products continues through the issuance of two new warning letters. On March 22, 2021, FDA published a press release cautioning...more

Working Together, FDA, NTIA, and Domain Registries Take Down 30 Websites Illegally Selling Opioids

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) in partnership with three domain name registries disabled nearly 30 websites illegally offering opioids for sale....more

Recent Amendments to the FDA Laws Attempt to Clarify and Improve Existing Systems

Although the Biden-Harris Administration that assumed control of the Executive Branch on January 20, 2021 immediately ordered a regulatory freeze of new or pending rules while the new administration gets its bearings, several...more

Are Speaker Programs a Thing of the Past? OIG’s Fraud Alert Indicates It Thinks They Should Be

In the midst of the pandemic emergency, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a stern warning about in-person educational programs for health care professionals (HCPs), known as...more

DEA Releases Long-Awaited Suspicious Orders Proposed Rule

It has been a long time coming. On November 2, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released its long-awaited proposed rule to revise the regulations related to suspicious orders of controlled substances. The...more

Bioethics in a Pandemic: Operation Warp Speed

References to Operation Warp Speed (OWS) have been present throughout our coverage of the ethical questions related to the development and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. In fact, OWS is part of a broader public-private...more

FDA Greenlights Updates to the Purple Book Database

As promised, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated the Purple Book: Database of FDA-licensed Biological Products, providing greater transparency and more user-friendly search functionality for the biological product...more

Federal Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court Ruling: Drug Pricing Transparency Rule Exceeds HHS’s Regulatory Authority

A panel of federal appellate judges has sided with drugmakers by upholding a lower court ruling from 2019 that struck down a regulation proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In a closely watched case,...more

OTC Monograph Reform: Key Takeaways and What Industry Can Expect

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which in part describes reforms to modernize the regulatory framework for over-the-counter (OTC) monograph...more

FDA Reverses Decision to Authorize Use of Chinese KN95 Respirators

Citing poor quality, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has barred the importation of certain KN95 filtering facepiece respirators manufactured in China. On May 7, 2020, FDA revised and reissued the...more

FDA Expands Focus for COVID-19 Response

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to churn out policy statements, guidance documents, and emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. At the outset of the pandemic in...more

CARES Act Creates and Updates Drug and Medical Device Shortage Requirements

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on March 25, 2020. In addition to the $2 trillion made available for medical countermeasure development,...more

Coronavirus Relief Bill Includes Surprise Addition: OTC Monograph Reform Bill Becomes Law

As a follow up to our recent blog post, FDA User Fees: Highlights from FDARA & Our Forecast for the Next Round, President Trump signed the bipartisan over-the-counter (OTC) monograph reform bill into law on March 27, 2020....more

Regulatory Agencies Launch Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation

In a coordinated effort, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation on January 9,...more

Key Vote in FDA Commissioner Confirmation Process Set for December 3rd

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is set to vote on Dr. Stephen Hahn, the Trump administration’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on December 3, 2019. Dr. Hahn faced a...more

FDA Issues Drug Shortage Report Identifying Root Causes and Potential Solutions

Despite congressional attention, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action, public and private sector efforts, and ongoing media coverage, drug shortages remain a significant public health crisis in the United States. In...more

HHS Files Brief in D.C. Circuit Supporting Drug Pricing Transparency Rule

As promised, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the district court’s holding that the Secretary lacked the...more

HHS Drug Pricing Disclosure Rule: Chance at a Renewed Life Following District Court Appeal?

Looks like the Drug Pricing Disclosure Rule may not have seen its last day in court. On August 21, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed a notice of appeal against a federal judge’s decision to...more

Congress Looking to Streamline CBD Drug Research

We’ve previously blogged about the regulation of CBD by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and it appears that the dialogue around CBD isn’t slowing down as we continue through the second half of 2019. Recently, a...more

FDA Invites Compounding Outsourcing Facilities' Comments to Understand Industry Challenges and Opportunities

On July 29, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice to the Federal Register (84 Fed. Reg. 36609). The notice invites comments on information collected in connection with FDA research by obtaining...more

Federal Judge Strikes Down HHS Drug Pricing Disclosure Rule

In follow-up to our previous post, the pharmaceutical industry gained a win on July 8th when a federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s rule that would have required drugmakers to include list prices for drugs in...more

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