On July 10, 2025, in the name of embracing “radical transparency,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced that it was publishing more than 200 complete response letters (“CRLs”) issued in response to drug and...more
7/17/2025
/ Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Drug Pricing ,
FDA Approval ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Transparency
On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Controlling Opinions, life sciences regulatory and compliance partner Josh Oyster and counsel Beth Weinman are joined by health care partner Brett Friedman and litigation and...more
2/11/2025
/ Cannabis Products ,
Controlled Substances ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
DEA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Life Sciences ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telemedicine ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), in partnership with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), pursued significant and, in some cases, precedent-setting enforcement actions in 2024. The government continued to...more
1/22/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Consent Decrees ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Integrity Agreement ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Safety ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Opioid ,
OxyContin ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Stem cells ,
Transparency
As the curtain closed on 2024, FDA issued a new draft guidance to assist clinical trial sponsors, investigators, and institutional review boards (“IRBs”) with defining, identifying, and reporting protocol deviations in...more
1/7/2025
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Clinical Trials ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Draft Guidance ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Good Clinical Practices ,
Institutional Review Board (IRB) ,
International Harmonization ,
Investigations ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Research ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
SACHRP
On September 27, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision in U.S. v. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Inc. (“California Stem Cell”), holding that a clinic’s stem cell...more
12/10/2024
/ Chevron Deference ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Clinics ,
Life Sciences ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
PHSA ,
Regenerative Medicine ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Statutory Interpretation
On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Controlling Opinions, Josh Oyster, a partner in the life sciences regulatory and compliance practice group, is joined by colleagues Andrew O’Connor, a litigation and...more
Ropes & Gray attorneys share their analysis of administrative and court litigation, regulatory developments, key developments affecting federal program payments to hospitals and health systems, and other reimbursement-related...more
11/5/2024
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Chevron Deference ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Fixed Price ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
HRSA ,
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ,
Medicare ,
ONC ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Reimbursements ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Telehealth