On May 21, 2025, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General released a statement and sent letters to Connecticut weight loss clinics, med spas, medical practices and other businesses regarding allegedly or potentially...more
6/6/2025
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Drug Compounding ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On March 5, 2025, one U.S. District Court ruled unequivocally in the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) favor in the case, Outsourcing Facilities Ass’n, et. al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Admin., et. al., 4:24-cv-0953-P, slip op.,...more
3/13/2025
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Drug Compounding ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Requirements
On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance titled Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence To Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products...more
1/16/2025
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Clinical Trials ,
Compliance ,
Digital Health ,
Draft Guidance ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Trade Secrets
What Are ADCs and Why Are They Growing?
Over the past few years economic headwinds have resulted in fewer deals, with companies and private equity firms alike reassessing where to spend money. But one portion of the...more
Brand companies who own GLP-1 products have been pushing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to limit their compounding. On August 28, 2024, Eli Lilly and Company submitted a nomination to request that its GLP-1 product,...more
On Friday, January 5, 2024, in a major policy shift, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration’s plan to purchase medicines in bulk for its Medicaid programs,...more
What You Need to Know: On December 18, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration issued the second emergency use authorization (“EUA”) for a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older. Under...more
What You Need to Know: Late on December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization (“EUA”) for a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older....more
The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 17 to 4 with 1 abstention and 1 no vote that based upon the available scientific evidence, the benefits of the Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine...more
On May 4, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its “Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests During the Public Health Emergency (Revised) | Immediately in Effect Guidance for Clinical Laboratories, Commercial...more
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more
On February 28, 2018, Ethan P. Davis, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Consumer Protection Branch, addressed the life sciences community regarding off-label promotion. In his remarks, Deputy Assistant Attorney...more
3/6/2018
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Attorney General ,
CGMP ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Misleading Statements ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
REMS
During his speech last month to a joint session of Congress, President Trump called out the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its “slow and burdensome approval process.” Those comments came on the heels of Trump’s...more
3/30/2017
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Drug Approvals ,
Federal Budget ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health & Safety Standard ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Research ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Trump Administration ,
User Fees
Although the 12-year exclusivity period for original biologic products was a heavily negotiated provision of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), increased spending on biologic drugs has led to calls to...more
Following months of public outcry and Congressional probes into significant drug price increases, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced legislation targeting “behavior that blocks competition and delays the creation of...more
7/6/2016
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Biosimilars ,
Drug Pricing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHRMA ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency ,
Proposed Legislation ,
REMS ,
Research and Development ,
Senate Judiciary Committee
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDAs) Arthritis Advisory Committee gave a thumbs up to a biosimilar copy of Johnson & Johnson’s Remicade product, an inflammation blocker used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, on...more
2/12/2016
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Amgen ,
Biologics ,
Biosimilars ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Patent Litigation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Sandoz
On August 27, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance on nonproprietary naming of biological products. The agency’s draft guidance proposes that the core nonproprietary name for originator...more
In Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., No. 12-416, 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4545 (U.S. June 17, 2013), the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Eleventh Circuit decision in FTC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 677 F.3d 1298 (2012),...more
6/19/2013
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Actavis Inc. ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Generic Drugs ,
Patents ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
SCOTUS