In this episode, Alan Minsk, AGG Food & Drug practice chair and Life Sciences co-chair, and Brian Stimson, co-chair of the Healthcare practice and former acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel of the U.S....more
8/15/2025
/ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Kickbacks ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Trump v CASA
Neil Young once sang of adapting to a world ruled by data and digital minds in “Computer Age.” Today, that vision feels increasingly real as the Food and Drug Administration turns to artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the face...more
AGG partner and Life Science team member, Allison Raley, will present a complimentary webinar examining how life sciences companies can overcome challenges in the face of U.S. tariffs. As international trade tensions persist...more
6/5/2025
/ Best Practices ,
Biologics ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Country of Origin ,
Distributors ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariff Classifications ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
Webinars
The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a Warning Letter concerning unauthorized modifications made to a previously cleared medical device (i.e., 510(k)). ...more
3/26/2025
/ Compliance ,
Draft Guidance ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDA Warning Letters ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Warning Letters
As discussions intensify about how the second Trump administration will reshape the regulatory landscape for U.S.-based life sciences firms, less attention has been given to the new administration’s regulatory impact abroad....more
In 1986, from the Invisible Touch album, the rock band Genesis sang a song about “Land of Confusion” (remember the weird video with puppets?). Almost 40 years later, in July 2024, the Food and Drug Administration issued a...more
Thin Lizzy famously declared in their 1976 hit, “The Boys are Back in Town.” The same is true almost 50 years later, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced its plan to phase out its general enforcement...more
The 1980s British rock band, The Fixx, comes to mind when one reads the Food and Drug Administration’s recently issued “Guidance for Industry, Entities That Perform Servicing or Remanufacturing, and Food and Drug...more
One of the catchiest songs written by the 1970s British glam rock band, Sweet, is “Love Is Like Oxygen,” released in 1978. The chorus includes the lyrics, “Love is like oxygen; you get too much, you get too high.” Apparently,...more
For music aficionados, many would agree that the rock band, Pink Floyd, was ahead of its time. “Welcome to the Machine,” from the 1975 album Wish You Were Here, was one of those transformative songs for one of this Bulletin’s...more
“Every little one, every little one,” a song lyric from Bruce Hornsby and the Range’s 1986 single, “Every Little Kiss,” comes to mind when we read a recent Food and Drug Administration Warning Letter issued to a reprocessor...more
In 1973, Sir Elton John sang, “Harmony and me, we’re pretty good company,” on his classic album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. More than 50 years later, the Food and Drug Administration issued a Final Rule to amend the medical...more
In its 1997 hit song “Don’t Go Away,” the rock band, Oasis, sang, “Say what you say . . . ’cause I need more time . . . just to make things right.” The lyrics must have been playing in the hallway when the Food and Drug...more
In 1980, the British rock band, Genesis, released “Misunderstanding.” Forty-three years later, the Food and Drug Administration and a medical device company fell into a misunderstanding about a product’s regulatory...more
We remember the late Jimmy Buffett who sang in his 1977 classic, “Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes; Nothing remains quite the same.” Demonstrating a change in attitude, in September, the Food and Drug Administration...more
FDA has cleared or approved hundreds of products that work with artificial intelligence (“AI”) and acknowledges that the agency and industry need help navigating how FDA-regulated products engage with AI. In response to the...more
9/6/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Draft Guidance ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Webinars
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
8/18/2023
/ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
NAD ,
OPDP ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Product Labels ,
Warning Letters
In 1994, the rock band Bush sang, “breathe in, breathe out,” in one of its biggest hits, “Machinehead.” In 2023, a medical device company tried to promote its 510(k)-cleared treatment hood/hyperbaric chamber device for...more
Many of us remember the television commercial where an older woman falls and cries out, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” This image and quote came to our mind when FDA recently issued a Warning Letter to a medical...more
Channeling Men Without Hats’ 1982 catchy (not classic) hit, “Safety Dance,” FDA told industry in a recently issued guidance that medical device companies could submit marketing applications for cyber devices if they want to...more
Recently, a medical device company received a Warning Letter from FDA for a number of quality-related deficiencies, including issues with Medical Device Reporting (“MDR”), the promptness (or lack thereof) of handling and...more
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration published a revision to its final guidance document titled, “Medical Device Data Systems, Medical Image Storage Devices, and Medical Image Communications Devices,” originally issued...more
In 1964, Sam Cooke sang “A Change is Gonna Come.” In March 2022, the Advanced Medical Technology (AdvaMed) said the same when it announced revisions to its Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals (the...more
The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a Warning Letter to a medical device manufacturer for making significant changes to its 510(k)-cleared products for uses outside the scope of the 510(k) clearance, among other...more
In the words of the rock band REO Speedwagon, from the 1978 song “Roll with the Changes,” “It had to happen, felt the tables turnin’.” Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration’s Device Good Manufacturing Practice...more
3/15/2022
/ Comment Period ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
ISOs ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform