On this special collaborative episode of Ropes & Gray's Non-binding Guidance and Talkin’ Trade podcast series, life sciences regulatory and compliance partner Josh Oyster is joined by intellectual property litigation partner...more
In the waning days of the Biden administration, the FDA released a flood of new guidance documents and other agency actions, including several important items related to digital health. On January 7, FDA published two new...more
1/31/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Data Management ,
Digital Health ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Transparency
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
On January 7, 2025, FDA published a final guidance entitled Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products - Questions and Answers...more
1/14/2025
/ Advertising ,
Compliance ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Final Rules ,
First Amendment ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Marketing ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Requirements
As the curtain closed on 2024, FDA issued a new draft guidance to assist clinical trial sponsors, investigators, and institutional review boards (“IRBs”) with defining, identifying, and reporting protocol deviations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
/ Classification ,
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Draft Guidance ,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 December 4, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released its final guidance for industry on predetermined change control plans (“PCCPs”) for devices that utilize artificial intelligence-enabled software...more
12/11/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Digital Health ,
Executive Orders ,
Final Guidance ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Labeling ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices ,
Public Notice ,
Software