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Dechert LLP

FDA Issues Revised Draft Guidance on “Off-Label” Communications to Health Care Providers – Expanded Scope, Yet Limitations Remain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The FDA issued Revised Draft Guidance addressing communications by drug and device manufacturers about “off-label” uses of approved products. The Revised Draft Guidance supersedes FDA’s 2014 Draft Guidance on...more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

King & Spalding

Beyond Reprints for Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Medical Products

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Revised Draft FDA Guidance Expands Scope of Permissible Proactive Off-Label Communications This week, FDA published new revised draft guidance, Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific...more

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How to Get Your SIUU Out: FDA Provides Long-Awaited Update for Industry on Communicating Off-Label Information

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On October 23, 2023, FDA announced the availability of a revised draft guidance titled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical...more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

Troutman Pepper

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

Cooley LLP

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

Saul Ewing LLP

Ninth Circuit, in Solis, Reaffirms Two-Prong Approach to “Original Source” Exception Under Former FCA

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The Ninth Circuit recently reversed in part the district court’s dismissal of relator Frank Solis’ claims against his former employers for alleged False Claims Act (“FCA”) violations. According to Solis, the drug companies...more

Jones Day

Sixth Circuit Reinforces "Stringent" Pleading Standard in False Claims Act Cases

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The Sixth Circuit's recent decision in U.S. ex rel. Ibanez v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. reinforced Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b)'s requirement that plaintiffs plead fraud "with particularity" in False Claims Act cases....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

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 3

This is Part 3 in my series exploring the history of FDA’s regulation of off-label communications, which has become newly relevant in light of the recent events highlighted in Part 1. In this installment, I continue...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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Arizona Enacts Law Permitting Off-Label Promotion

As we have previously covered, the Food and Drug Administration is in the midst of reevaluating its policy on off-label promotion of medical products—that is, promotion of drugs, medical devices, and biologics for uses not...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Hardens Its Stance on Intended Use and Off-Label Use and Industry Responds

From 2015 to 2016, FDA appeared to open the door to loosening the standards around intended use and off-label use, but recent rule-making and public comments suggest that FDA is becoming more sclerotic instead of flexible....more

Fish & Richardson

The First Amendment Does Not Protect All Off-Label Drug Promotion

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FDA is considering making off-label promotion easier, consistent with recent case law. The drug and biologics industry is also proposing an ease up of FDA regulation, which would allow it to “responsibly” promote new drug...more

Stinson LLP

Off-Label Promotion —To Speak or Not To Speak?

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a two day public hearing to take place November 9 and 10 aimed at obtaining input from industry to help shape FDA's policy regarding communications...more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

In 10-1 Verdict, Jury Finds No FCA Violation by Abbott Laboratories

On April 7, 2016, after just three hours of deliberations following a three-week trial, a federal jury dismissed False Claims Act (“FCA”) claims against Abbott Laboratories brought by a whistleblowing former employee.  The...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

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - December 2015

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

McGuireWoods LLP

AdvaMed 2015 Highlights – Part One of Two

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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

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

BakerHostetler

First Amendment Right to Off-Label Promotion – Has Pandora’s Box Been Opened for FDA?

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A handful of recent court decisions, including one issued just last month, seems to have potentially cracked open the door for pharmaceutical manufacturers to have more leeway to promote off-label uses of their products....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

Ballard Spahr LLP

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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