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Context is Key: FDA Sends a Strong Message About Efficacy Claims

On August 4, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued a Warning Letter to AstraZeneca which stated that the company made misleading claims in a promotional sales aid...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

What Would Al Stewart Think About OPDP’s Latest Untitled Letter: A Sign of More Enforcement?

In his 1973 song, “Nostradamus,” singer-songwriter Al Stewart sang, “I am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to me.” So, we started thinking, what would Mr. Stewart think of FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug...more

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FDA Imposes Its Weight and Puts the Load on a Drug Company for Unlawful Promotion

We pay tribute in this Bulletin to the late Robbie Robertson of The Band, who penned the 1968 classic, “The Weight,” and the harmonic lyric, “You put the load right on me.” The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - August 2023

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a roundup of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

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2022 Year in Review: FDA Drug and Device Advertising and Promotion Enforcement

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In 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a total of nine enforcement letters targeting advertising and promotion violations for prescription drugs and devices.  A summary of the noteworthy...more

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AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - March 2021

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

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A Drug Company Finds Itself with a Headache and Over Its Head With Unlawful Promotional Messaging

In keeping with family tradition, another Kardashian made headlines again in our food and drug world for the wrong reasons. And FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) was not likely amused to issue its third...more

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Déjà Vu, We Have All Been Here Before: OPDP Issues Its Second Warning Letter in 2021

Well, that was fast. Fresh off issuing its first Warning Letter of 2021,1 the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) struck again. OPDP sent the Warning Letter to the drug company a day...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - February 2021

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

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I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - 2020 Year in Review on FDA’s Enforcement of Rx Drug...

In this episode, AGG’s Food & Drug team leader, Alan G. Minsk, and team member, Genevieve M. Razick give an overview of FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion's (OPDP) enforcement of unlawful advertising in 2020. Each...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: OPDP Issues Its First Letter of 2021

New Year. Same Types of Issues. The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued its first Warning Letter of 2021, and it identified many of the same types of unlawful promotional...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

A Year in Review: FDA Enforcement in the Prescription Drug Advertising and Promotion World

Good riddance to 2020 for so many reasons. But, as the AGG Year in Review of the Food and Drug Administration’s enforcement of prescription drug advertising and promotion has become an annual ritual, let’s take a quick peek...more

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2020 OPDP Wrap-up: FDA monitoring drug manufacturers’ use of online communication platforms

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In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued four warning letters and two untitled letters to pharmaceutical companies for promotional materials that allegedly...more

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FDA cracks down on pharmaceutical firm for misbranding drug as COVID-19 treatment

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) posted two more warning letters for 2020, bringing the tally to five warning and untitled letters for the year. These...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Two for Tuesday: FDA Issues Two Warning Letters on the Same Day for Unlawful Drug Promotion

Some of us remember radio stations playing two songs from the same artist or band, back to back, with the alliterative “Two for Tuesday” slogan. The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP)...more

King & Spalding

2019 Year in Review: FDA Office of Prescription Drug Promotion

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In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a total of ten enforcement letters targeting advertising and promotion violations for prescription drugs. Of the ten...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - November 2019

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

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OPDP Issues Two Enforcement Letters: Continuing Focus on Promotion of Drugs with Serious Risks & Drugs for Diseases With...

On September 13, 2019, FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a Warning Letter stating that a professional email made false or misleading claims and representations about the risks and effectiveness...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Boxed Warning Drugs Beware!!

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) recently sent three enforcement letters (two Warning Letters and one Untitled Letter) to three prescription drug manufacturers. Both...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Don’t You Forget About Me: FDA Kicks off 2018 with Letters on Promotional Activities

FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued only five letters in 2017 (compared to eleven in 2016 and nine in 2015). This relatively slow year left some prescription drug manufacturers wondering if, to quote the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - September 2017

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

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The Devil is Really in the Details: FDA Issues Warning Letter to a Drug Company for Disseminating False and Misleading Information

They’re back. The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP), which has been relatively quiet on the enforcement front, issued a Warning Letter to a pharmaceutical company for distributing...more

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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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Happy Holidays from FDA: The Agency Issues Four Enforcement Letters for Unlawful Promotion

The Food and Drug Administration recently issued holiday gifts, in the form of enforcement letters, to four pharmaceutical companies. The letters are reminders that FDA is not in a partying mood when it comes to unlawful...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

You Can Pay Now or You Will Pay Later: FDA Issues a Warning Letter to a Pharmaceutical Company for a Misleading Patient Co-Pay...

On March 29, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a Warning Letter to a pharmaceutical company for a patient co-pay assistance voucher that failed to include risk...more

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