Times, They Are A-Changin’ - On Wednesday, FDA announced that it will hold a two-day public hearing on November 9th and 10th to obtain input from a broad cross-section of the health care industry, including...more
In the last month, the Food and Drug Administration has suffered setbacks relating to off-label promotion oversight. In both cases, one involving a pharmaceutical company and the other a medical device firm and its Chief...more
For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken the position that a medical device (or drug) manufacturer that promotes an FDA-approved device (or drug) for an unapproved use violates the Federal Food, Drug,...more
As 2015 winds down, we reflected on some of the year’s most significant legal developments for drug and device manufacturers. In our opinion, the bench got it right (for the most part) this year. Here is a brief recap and...more
On October 5-7, 2015, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (“AdvaMed”) held its 40th Annual Meeting for the first time on the West Coast—San Diego, California. This year also signaled a change of AdvaMed’s membership...more
Three years ago, in United States v. Caronia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) neither prohibits nor criminalizes truthful, nonmisleading speech that...more
Amarin is an important US district court opinion affirming the importance of the Second Circuit’s Caronia decision and finding that pharmaceutical and medical device companies have a constitutionally protected right to...more