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FDA Issues Revised Draft Guidance on “Off-Label” Communications to Health Care Providers – Expanded Scope, Yet Limitations Remain

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The FDA issued Revised Draft Guidance addressing communications by drug and device manufacturers about “off-label” uses of approved products. The Revised Draft Guidance supersedes FDA’s 2014 Draft Guidance on...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Guidance from FDA Clarifies a Key Issue for Industry: Non-Promotional Presentations About Unapproved Uses of Medical Products Can...

U.S. health care attorneys, investors, and industry stakeholders are very familiar with the well-worn mantra that prescription drug and medical device companies are not allowed to “market” or “promote” their...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA’s Final Rule on Intended Use: ‘Getting Right Back to Where We Started From’

On August 2, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final rule amending the intended use regulations codified at 21 CFR 801.4 and 21 CFR 201.128, marking the end of an effort FDA began in 2015. While the...more

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FDA Finalizes “Intended Use” Regulations

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On August 2, 2021, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or “the Agency”) published a final rule amending its medical product “intended use” regulations in an effort to provide direction and clarity to regulated industry...more

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FDA Issues Final Rule Clarifying Evidence of Off-Label Marketing

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Key Takeaways - Following more than five years of revisions and delays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published its final “intended use” rule (the “Final Rule”) and amended its regulations describing the types...more

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New Intended Use Rule Finalized

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On August 2, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final intended use rule (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule amends FDA’s regulations describing the types of evidence relevant to determining a product’s...more

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After a long and winding road, FDA finalizes much-debated “intended use” rule

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On August 2, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule to amend its “intended use” regulations, codified at 21 CFR § 801.4 for medical devices and 21 CFR § 201.128 for drugs. This updated final...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Ninth Circuit Rules False Claims Act Suit Involving Off-Label Use of Medical Devices

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently considered an Order of the Central District of California dismissing a qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) suit against a medical device manufacturer based on...more

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FDA Proposes Modified “Intended Use” Regulations

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In its latest effort to provide direction and clarity to regulated industry and stakeholders, on September 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule and preamble amending its medical product...more

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FDA Issues Intended Use Proposed Rule, Repealing and Replacing January 2017 Final Rule

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On September 23, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its Regulations Regarding “Intended Uses” proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to amend its “intended use” regulations at 21 C.F.R. §§ 201.128 and 801.4. The...more

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Did Congress Intend to Criminalize Off-Label Promotion? One District Judge Suggests the Issue Is Ripe for Review

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A judge in the District of Massachusetts recently questioned whether Congress intended to criminalize off-label promotion through misbranding and adulteration statutes. In an order denying a Rule 29 motion brought by two...more

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Blog: Two Enacted State Laws Permit Truthful Off-Label Promotion

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Earlier this month, Tennessee House Bill 2220 (substituted for Senate Bill 2361) (Tennessee Law) was enacted, which provides, “A pharmaceutical manufacturer or its representatives may engage in the truthful promotion of...more

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The Past, Present, and Future of Government Regulation of Off-Label Communications – Part 5

In this post, I will be focusing on the intersection of off-label communications with government enforcement of health care fraud through the False Claims Act. Over the past eight years, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

The Past, Present, and Future of Government Regulation of Off-Label Communications – Part 4

Picking up from my last installment of this series exploring the regulatory history of off-label communication, this post highlights some recent trends in FDA enforcement and guidance related to off-label promotion. Not...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

The Past, Present, and Future of Government Regulation of Off-Label Communications – Part 2

In my last post, I introduced a series of posts that will explore FDA’s historical approach to off-label drug and device communications, how that position has evolved (or not) to the modern day, and predict where that policy...more

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FDA Announces Dates for Long-Awaited Public Hearing on Its Regulation of Off-Label Communications

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Financial Relationships Likely to Be a Focus in Life Sciences Enforcement and Litigation"

For more than a decade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has zealously pursued enforcement actions against the health care industry. Given the continued growth in government spending on health care and the billions of dollars...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: FDA Sued Again in Off-Label Promotion Case

To quote the late Yogi Berra, it must feel like déjà vu all over again for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (or, if you prefer, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s song, “Déjà Vu” (“We have all been here before”)). Fresh off...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - August 2015 #4

In Case You Missed It: Possible Jail Time for TCPA Violations, Microsoft Gets Slammed With Solicitation Scam Class Action, and 'Do Not Disturb' Technology Gets Pushed on FCC - The world of the Telephone Consumer...more

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Another Successful First Amendment Challenge to the Prohibition of Off-Label Promotion for FDA-Approved Drugs

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The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prevailed in the latest challenge to the FDA's prohibition against marketing FDA-approved drugs for off-label (or non-FDA-approved) uses. Applying the Second Circuit’s...more

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Another One Bites the Dust: FDA Doesn’t Like the Fishy Smell of the Latest Court Decision on Off-Label Dissemination

In the most recent court decision, Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. United States Food and Drug Administration, No. 15 Civ. 3588 (PAE) (S.D. N.Y. August 5, 2015), a U.S. District Court granted Amarin's preliminary injunction to...more

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Pharmaceutical Companies Get Off-Label Marketing Victory

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Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot prohibit a pharmaceutical company from marketing its drugs for off-label uses if its claims are truthful and not misleading. This ruling,...more

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Officer/Director Liability for Violations of the US Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Officers and directors of Irish and Northern Irish companies whose products would be regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (life sciences companies, specifically) should be aware of developments on the issue of...more

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Pro Te Solutio - Vol. 6 No. 1 February 2013

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In This Issue: - Can Experts Testify as to the Ethics or State of Mind of Corporate Defendants? - Patent Reform for Biotech Companies - United States v. Caronia and its Implications for Off-Label...more

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Two New Developments in First Amendment Challenges to Off-Label Promotion: What's Next?

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Following the Second Circuit’s marquee First Amendment ruling in the Caronia case, two recent developments demonstrate a shift in the battleground for First Amendment challenges to the prohibition on off-label promotion under...more

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