On July 16, 2025, President Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (“HALT Fentanyl”) Act into law. The law permanently reclassifies “fentanyl-related substances” into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances...more
7/31/2025
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On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the Office for Human Research Protections (“OHRP”) issued a joint draft guidance on including tissue biopsies in clinical trials that evaluate...more
As the curtain closed on 2024, FDA issued a new draft guidance to assist clinical trial sponsors, investigators, and institutional review boards (“IRBs”) with defining, identifying, and reporting protocol deviations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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On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance, health care partner David Peloquin and life sciences regulatory and compliance counsel Sarah Blankstein discuss the FDA's recent draft guidance on...more