On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or "agency") announced the opportunity for a limited number of sponsors to participate in a new pilot program called Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare...more
On March 10, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Notice summarizing which of the agency’s COVID-19-related guidance documents will be rescinded and which will be revised to temporarily remain in effect,...more
Now that FDA’s grace period for regenerative medicines has ended, many manufacturers of human cell, tissue, or cellular- or tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) will be required to file a biologics license application (BLA) with...more
Speaking at the World Stem Cell Summit hosted by the Regenerative Medicine Foundation, Hogan Lovells partners Mike Druckman, Ernesto Algaba, Mandi Jacobson, Lu Zhou, Mikael Salmela, Charlotte Damiano, and Lowell Zeta, along...more
On April 21, 2021, FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director Peter Marks M.D. confirmed that the grace period intended to provide developers of regenerative medicines with time to assess whether they...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the enforcement discretion period for certain human cell, tissue, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) by an additional six months, citing the challenges...more
7/21/2020
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FDA authority to crack down on illegally marketed stem cell treatments confirmed -
On 3 June a U.S. District Court in Florida issued a decisive blow against US Stem Cell Clinic LLC, granting the U.S. Food and Drug...more
FDA authority to crack down on illegally marketed stem cell treatments confirmed -
On Monday, a federal District Court in Florida issued a decisive blow against US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, granting the U.S. Food and Drug...more
6/7/2019
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Innovation in the life sciences and health care industries is occurring at a dizzying pace. Five years ago, anti-PD-1 antibodies from Merck and BMS had yet to be approved, CAR-T therapies were still in small-scale clinical...more
3/18/2019
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Innovation in the life sciences and health care industries is occurring at a dizzying pace. Five years ago, anti-PD-1 antibodies from Merck and BMS had yet to be approved, CAR-T therapies were still in small-scale clinical...more
4/4/2018
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Life Sciences ,
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