Todd Rundgren’s 1978 classic, “Can We Still Be Friends?” (arguably, his best song), came to mind when we saw that the Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance, “Formal Dispute Resolution and Administrative...more
The expansion of over-the-counter (“OTC”) drug options has been a long time coming. Advocates in various fora, including within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”), have focused on the potential for...more
The Food and Drug Administration let sponsors and requestors of over-the-counter (“OTC”) monograph drugs know how to be in the room where it happens when it issued a draft guidance this month on “Formal Meetings Between FDA...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 1 issued a draft guidance, “Formal Meetings Between FDA and Sponsors or Requestors of OTC Monograph Drugs” (Meeting Guidance), that specifies the procedures and principles...more
On September 20, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that as part of the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Monograph Reform under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), it had posted an...more
As we explained in a previous alert, one of the lesser-known provisions of the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was a significant overhaul of the way that most OTC drugs are regulated in...more
On March 26, 2021, the FDA updated and reissued the fee rates for the newly created over-the-counter (OTC) monograph Drug User Fee program (OMFUA) for FY2021 in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) titled “Fee Rates under the...more
On Friday, March 26, 2021, FDA published a Federal Register notice, “Fee rates under the Over-The-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program for Fiscal Year 2021,” announcing 2021 fee rates under its over-the-counter (OTC)...more
On January 27, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration held its second webinar since the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) in March 2020, to further discuss over-the-counter...more
On December 29, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a Federal Register notice setting the fee rates under the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act (OMUFA) Program for Fiscal Year 2021. Reed Tech...more
With only a few days left in 2020, a year that has been mostly focused on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Coronavirus pandemic response, the agency has taken another step to further implement the provisions of the...more
On January 4, 2021, FDA unexpectedly withdrew the notice entitled Fee Rates Under the Over the Counter Monograph User Fee Program for Fiscal Year 2021 stating that it had been ordered to cease further collection efforts...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) ushered in a wave of reforms to the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in the United States. We previously...more
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
In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) ushered in a wave of reforms to modernize the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in the United States....more
Included in the CARES Act are long-awaited reforms to the FDA’s regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) medications. H.R. 748, §§ 3851-3862. The FDA has hailed the law as granting it “transformative, new authorities that will...more
Subtitle F of the recently enacted U.S. CARES Act substantially reforms the regulatory framework for non-prescription drugs, representing the most significant update of the review process for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs...more
On March 27, 2020, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), U.S. President Trump signed into law a long-awaited overhaul of the regulatory system for Over-the-Counter (OTC) drugs. ...more
While the United States now leads the world with the number of reported cases of COVID-19, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (or “the Act”) takes major, though perhaps still incomplete, steps...more