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Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, a class of medications known as GLP-1s, have grown in popularity, initially for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and more recently for obesity and other labeled and off-label indications for...more
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
On February 21, the FDA announced that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved. Semaglutide has appeared on the FDA’s Drug Shortage List since 2022 because demand for the drug exceeded the available...more
In past years we have discussed how opioid-related enforcement efforts have remained a top federal and state priority (here, here, and here). In 2024, opioid-related enforcement efforts continued across the entire opioid...more
On December 19, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Declaratory Order reevaluating and re-confirming that the tirzepatide drug shortage has been resolved. This order revoked and replaced FDA’s October...more
On October 22, 2024, Novo Nordisk made a submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nominating Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide products (WEGOVY, OZEMPIC and RYBELUS) to be included in the FDA’s lists of drug...more
On October 9, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a document that provides exemptions to the enhanced drug distribution security requirements (enhanced requirements) required by section 582(g) of the Food,...more
In 2021, we provided an overview of multiple federal lawsuits challenging the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) enforcement of the 340B Drug Pricing...more
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on May 16, 2024, issued a proposed rule to move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug, thereby loosening federal DEA restrictions....more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses warning letters to notify manufacturers that they have violated the FDA’s regulations or federal law. Manufacturers that receive warning letters must respond promptly, and they...more
On Friday, August 4th, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced the availability of a final guidance document, titled “Waivers, Exceptions, and Exemptions From the Requirements of Section 582 of the Federal Food,...more
For the last three years, the federal government has taken considerable steps to aid providers in the fight against COVID-19. Although many of the waivers and flexibilities initiated in response to the pandemic have since...more
On February 4, 2022, the FDA released its long-awaited proposed national standards for the licensure of third party logistics providers (3PLs) and wholesale drug distributors. The draft rules were years over-due and the delay...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced October 26 the availability for the signing of the final standard Memorandum of Understanding Addressing Certain Distribution of Compounded Human Drug Products (MOU)...more
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — a pioneer drug company that markets its FDA-approved oral vancomycin hydrochloride solution, FIRVANQ® — has sued Edge Pharma, LLC, an outsourcing facility operating pursuant to section 503B of...more
On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report that found that, among a sample U.S. hospitals that obtained non-patient-specific (NPS) compounded drugs...more
November 27, 2018 marked five years since President Obama signed the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) into law. The law addresses two distinct areas of drug oversight, but it was the combined concerns about the quality...more
On September 10, 2018, the federal Food & Drug Administration (”FDA”) released its revised draft standard Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between states and the FDA addressing the interstate distribution of compounded...more
• FDA has put out a new draft MOU for stakeholders to review and provide comments over the next 90 days. • If a state enters into the proposed MOU, pharmacies within its borders would be allowed to distribute up to 50...more
This week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance, describing FDA’s policy and process for evaluating bulk drug substances used in compounding by outsourcing facilities that are registered under...more
Some of us remember the television commercial and poster, created by the then-audio cassette company, Memorex, asking “is it live, or is it Memorex?” Forty years later, the Food and Drug Administration could paraphrase the...more
On April 15, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance that describes the FDA's interpretation of drug compounding standards under Sections 503A and 503B of the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)....more
Last month, FDA released three draft guidance documents that are expected to have significant implications for traditional pharmacy-based compounding and the distribution of those drug products....more
On April 15, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued three new draft guidance documents related to human drug compounding under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FD&C Act”), as amended by Title I of the...more
If you read one thing... - FDA interprets the FDCA not to permit compounding for “office use” under Section 503A; compounding pharmacies must receive a valid prescription for an individually identified patient before...more