Recent FDA actions offer long-awaited clarity on what constitutes a ‘minor change’ to solid oral OTC dosage forms, providing manufacturers with a clearer pathway for certain modifications while maintaining a measured,...more
Guidance development and publication from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has long been considered an essential element of medical product development, approval, and regulation. While temporary pauses in guidance...more
FDA’s recent focus on potentially harmful color additives in food products has expanded to the pharmaceutical sector. In May 2025, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Replacing Color Additives in Approved or Marketed Drug...more
The recent reductions in the US Food and Drug Administration’s workforce are poised to have a substantial impact on drug and biologic development programs. This LawFlash discusses strategies to optimize interactions with the...more
With each new year comes a new set of accompanying challenges, from tackling the latest innovations to new incarnations of old issues. 2025 will be no exception to this rule, and with its arrival we examine FDA’s activities...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a final rule expanding the approval pathway for nonprescription drug products by allowing the approval of a nonprescription drug product with an “Additional Condition...more
The reelection of former President Donald Trump, coupled with Republicans gaining the Senate majority and poised to gain the House majority, has prompted many in the life sciences industry to question how this political shift...more
Spurred by a March 5, 2024 citizen petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a flurry of class action complaints have been filed claiming that drug makers failed to warn consumers about the presence of benzene in...more
The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) brought significant changes for the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) regulation of cosmetic products. Recent FDA action, including the issuance of final...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was busy in 2023 with significant, and even bullish, developments occurring across several areas, from drug and biologic development and manufacturing to labeling, advertising, and...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance to assist “responsible persons” that are required to submit a cosmetic manufacturing facility registration and cosmetic product listing under the...more
FDA recently published a Federal Register notice announcing a public listening session on good manufacturing practices (GMPs) for cosmetic products under the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), which...more
While the Biden administration and US Congress continue to debate ways to address perceived prescription drug pricing concerns, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking action. Under its Drug Competition Action Plan...more
In a May 27 Federal Register notice, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the reinstatement of the Unapproved Drugs Initiative, the FDA’s compliance policy governing marketed unapproved drugs. The...more
In an apparent effort to combat prescription drug shortages and price spikes, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the forthcoming termination of FDA’s Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI). ...more
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, FDA guidance allows healthcare providers to prescribe drugs subject to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies without conducting the required laboratory tests or imaging studies....more
The documents issued by the US Food and Drug Administration on shared system risk evaluation and mitigation strategies signal the FDA’s willingness to grant waivers from the shared program requirement, but that may complicate...more
New authority allows FDA inspectors to quickly detain products during inspections if they believe the products are misbranded or adulterated....more