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Challenge to the FDA's Approval of Abortion Medication

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On Friday, April 7, both the Northern District of Texas and the Eastern District of Washington issued decisions impacting the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The Texas decision...more

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A Tale of Two Lawsuits: Federal Court in Texas Suspends FDA Approval of Medication Abortion Drug Mifepristone Nationwide, While...

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The US Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — which overturned Roe v. Wade and nearly 50 years of a federal constitutional right to abortion — has had a tectonic impact. Less than...more

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Continuing Appropriations Act Includes FDA Reauthorization of User Fees

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The Act reauthorizes FDA’s user fee programs but omits several proposed reforms to the FDA regulatory framework, setting the stage for further negotiations in Congress. Key Points: ..Congress authorized FDA to...more

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Are you Submission Ready? FDA Medical Device Submission Tips & Tricks

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Companies often come to us when they feel that they are ready to submit their medical device to the FDA for clearance or approval, but Medical Technology newcomers may not realize the amount of time and effort that truly goes...more

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In sharp rebuke to Trump Administration, HHS notice ending Unapproved Drugs Initiative is withdrawn

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On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had announced that the Department was terminating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Marketed Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI). ...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 4

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In Washington: President Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center Monday evening despite his personal doctor, Sean Conley, saying he “may not be entirely out of the woods yet.” In a memo on Tuesday, his doctor said the...more

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The Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Termination of Merger Agreement Based on Material Adverse Effect

In Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation, the Delaware Court of Chancery rejected an attempt by Boston Scientific to terminate and thus avoid consummating a merger agreement with Channel on the grounds...more

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What's New in Corporate Governance and Securities Law - October 18, 2019

Corporate Governance and Securities Law Developments - Directors Can Be Held Liable for Failure to Oversee “Mission Critical” Regulatory Compliance - On October 1, the Delaware Court of Chancery refused to dismiss a...more

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New drug marketing applications: how do EMA and FDA compare?

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A newly-published study has compared more than a hundred new drug marketing applications at both the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the period 2014-2016. The study examined the...more

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FDA issues benefit-risk framework for assessing opioid drug applications, announces public meeting

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Agency seeks input on “comparative advantage” requirement for new opioids - Yesterday, as part of its ongoing efforts to combat the current opioid crisis, FDA published a draft guidance, “Opioid Analgesic Drugs:...more

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Device Modernization Series: FDA’s Changes to the 510(k) Program

In our “FDA 2018 Year in Review (and a Few Thoughts on 2019)” post and recent webinar, we observed that we may look back at 2018 as the beginning of the end for the 510(k) program as it has existed since the 1976 Medical...more

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FDA releases final guidance document on PMA manufacturing site change supplements

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On 17 December 2018 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance document intended to help manufacturers determine the appropriate premarket approval (PMA) application supplement reporting pathway for...more

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12 Years Later: Court Prohibits Marketing of Prescription Versions of OTC Drug

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In a big win for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the D.C. Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals reinforced FDA’s position on what constitutes a “meaningful difference” between prescription and over-the-counter...more

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FDA proposes streamlining combination product regulations

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On May 15, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed amending its product classification rules for combination products, found in 21 CFR Part 3. Generally, the proposed rule purports to clarify language in the...more

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Outlook for OTC drug regulation

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Significant change is on the horizon for the over-the-counter (OTC) drug industry. OTC drug sales have grown from about US$3 billion in 1972 to over US$34 billion today, with over 300,000 products marketed. ...more

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Why worry about gung-ho approvals for medical devices? FDA’s own record

The Food and Drug Administration has closed out the year by issuing a new white paper reaffirming the agency’s three-year-old warning to surgeons and women to avoid in general the use of a surgical device called a morcellator...more

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Is it a drug, device, biologic, or combination product? FDA issues final guidance on classification

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On September 26, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance document providing further clarity on how FDA classifies a product as a drug, device, biological product, or a combination product,...more

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FDA’s Software Pre-Cert Program: More Details Revealed

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In follow up to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) late July announcement of the Digital Health Innovation Action Plan and the pilot Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) program, the Agency held an August 1, 2017,...more

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China FDA Proposes Hatch-Waxman-Like Regulatory Framework Linking Drug Approval to Patent Rights

Recently, the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) issued a policy proposal linking drug approval to patent rights.1 The proposal is intended to promote innovation in the development of both drugs and medical devices and...more

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