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In January 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its 2023 revised draft guidance Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared...more
On January 6, 2025, FDA published a final version of its guidance document, “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products.” This...more
On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “Agency”) released a long-awaited guidance titled, “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of...more
On January 7, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its October 2023 guidance document titled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of...more
On January 6, 2025, the FDA released final guidance for industry entitled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products: Questions...more
On January 7, 2025, FDA announced the availability of a final guidance document titled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced final guidance for firms in the medical device and product industry titled, “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information...more
The FDA recently announced release of final transition guidance documents for medical diagnostic devices targeting COVID-19. The transition guidance documents are intended to guide COVID-19 diagnostic device manufactures as...more
On July 25, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final guidance on Unique Device Identification (UDI) compliance date policies, stating that the agency will not enforce a requirement that manufacturers of...more
Since our last update, the Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA resumed domestic and foreign inspections. The agency also published a proposed rule to update...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued final guidance regarding the initiation of voluntary product recalls “to help companies prepare to quickly and effectively remove violative products from the...more
FDA’s recent release of new guidance on civil money penalties for the failure to submit required information to the ClinicalTrials.gov data bank may indicate a renewed interest in the enforcement of these requirements. On...more
Drug and medical device manufacturers seeking to export a product from the United States may need to obtain from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a Certificate to Foreign Government (CFG) in order to satisfy the...more
On 30 August 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) issued a final guidance document entitled "Consideration of Uncertainty in Making Benefit-Risk Determinations in Medical Device Premarket Approvals,...more
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Least Burdensome Provisions: Concept and Principles: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff, February 5, 2019, states that “medical device regulation should...more
Federal Court finds invalidity allegations relating to patent for metformin formulations not justified - On March 8, 2019, Justice Fothergill granted Valeant Canada’s application for an order prohibiting the Minister of...more
On 17 December 2018 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance document intended to help manufacturers determine the appropriate premarket approval (PMA) application supplement reporting pathway for...more
A Summary of Final Guidances for Communications That Are Consistent with FDA-Required Labeling and Communications with Payors - On June 12, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) finalized two draft...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two final guidances yesterday regarding medical communications: Drug and Device Manufacturer Communications With Payors, Formulary Committees, and Similar Entities —...more
Six years after its first attempt to update its now 20-year-old guidelines for when modifications to a 510(k)-cleared device require the submission of a new 510(k) notice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the...more
On September 26, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance document providing further clarity on how FDA classifies a product as a drug, device, biological product, or a combination product,...more
This is our third installment in our series about the legal issues involved in launching a health app, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) refers to as “mobile apps.” The goal of this post is to provide you...more
On December 30, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a final guidance document entitled Medical Device Accessories – Describing Accessories and Classification Pathways for New Accessory Types....more
On August 30, 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published final guidance in which the agency announced it does not intend to enforce its prohibition against the inclusion of National Health Related Item Code...more
The guidance documents relate to human factors testing, data, and clinical considerations. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) had a busy month in February with respect to human factors, issuing three...more