On May 5, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14293 entitled Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines. The EO directs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), U.S....more
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in the Federal Register the issuance of a draft guidance entitled “Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented...more
Under Section 3213 of Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) is required to establish the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Designation Program, an initiative intended...more
On December 16, 2022, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or “Agency”) published an important and noteworthy draft guidance document entitled “Circumstances that Constitute Delaying, Denying, Limiting, or Refusing a...more
12/20/2022
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On August 2, 2021, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or “the Agency”) published a final rule amending its medical product “intended use” regulations in an effort to provide direction and clarity to regulated industry...more
FDA regulation of biomedical products can be like a very complex game theory decision tree. Choices made at each intersection impact the ultimate regulatory framework under which any given product is developed, seeks...more
Yesterday, FDA published a proposed rule amending its medical product “intended use” regulations in an effort to “provide direction and clarity to regulated industry and other stakeholders.” If finalized, the rule would amend...more
In late December 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency operating within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued two documents—a Proposed Rule and a Draft Guidance—intended to establish two...more
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Since its enactment in 2003, Section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) has been a dead letter in the law. The provision authorizes the importation of certain prescription drugs from Canada, but only if...more
In a landmark ruling for the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., 582 U.S. ____, Nos. 15-1039, 15-1195 (June 12, 2017), its first biosimilar case governed by the...more