Over a year ago, HHS Secretary Alex Azar requested that FDA establish a working group to explore how drug importation “could help address price hikes and supply disruptions.” The FDA working group was not assigned the task of...more
7/23/2019
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Imports ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Supply Chain ,
Working Groups
FDA authority to crack down on illegally marketed stem cell treatments confirmed -
On 3 June a U.S. District Court in Florida issued a decisive blow against US Stem Cell Clinic LLC, granting the U.S. Food and Drug...more
FDA authority to crack down on illegally marketed stem cell treatments confirmed -
On Monday, a federal District Court in Florida issued a decisive blow against US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, granting the U.S. Food and Drug...more
6/7/2019
/ Biologics ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraudulent Marketing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Clinics ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHSA ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Stem cells
Clinical trials starting patient enrollment this year must include a "data sharing plan" in their trial registrations (such as on ClinicalTrials.gov), according to a policy published by the International Committee of Medical...more
On December 6, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a framework for its Real-World Evidence (RWE) Program to strategically leverage information gathered from real-world data (RWD): data that relates to patient...more
On October 15, CMS released a proposed rule titled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Drug Pricing Transparency,” which would require direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements for prescription drugs covered by Medicare or...more
10/24/2018
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Comment Period ,
Compelled Speech ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Direct to Consumer Sales ,
Drug Pricing ,
First Amendment ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHRMA ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency ,
Proposed Rules ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Television Commercials ,
Trump Administration
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Director Janet Woodcock, M.D., recently indicated that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unlikely to take enforcement action against a pharmaceutical company committing...more
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) published a draft guidance document, "Presenting Quantitative Efficacy and Risk Information in Direct-to-Consumer Promotional Labeling and Advertisements,"...more
On Friday, September 21, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance titled "Civil Money Penalties Relating to the ClinicalTrials.gov Data Bank."
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On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed (85-7) the fiscal year 2019 minibus appropriations bill (H.R.6157) that would fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education, attaching to it a large...more
8/29/2018
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Drug Pricing ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Transparency
On June 12, FDA finalized two guidance documents regarding the types of information that drug and device manufacturers may communicate to payors and that the agency regards as “consistent with" FDA-required labeling. FDA...more
FDA recently released a draft guidance clarifying the regulatory requirements for public warnings in the event of a recall under the agency’s recall guideline at 21 CFR Part 7. ...more
The New Jersey Attorney General plans to finalize new limits on payments and other benefits that New Jersey licensed prescribers may accept from pharmaceutical manufacturers, although the expected final rule is less...more
Earlier this year, in an effort to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens, President Trump issued two executive orders, Executive Order 13771, Reducing Regulatory and Controlling Regulatory Costs and Executive Order 13777,...more
On August 21, 2017, FDA solicited comments in the Federal Register on a new potential approach regarding communicating risk information in direct-to-consumer (DTC) broadcast ads for prescription drugs and biologics that...more
Over the past few days, FDA issued three documents related to the scope of permissible communications by drug and device companies to various parties. We believe FDA aimed to accomplish two things through these documents....more
1/23/2017
/ Biologics ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
First Amendment ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
HCEI ,
Healthcare ,
Investigational New Drug Application (IND) ,
Labeling ,
Medical Devices ,
PCORI ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health