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FDA’s New Priority Voucher Program for Drug Developers Ties Incentives to Defined National Interests

The US Food and Drug Administration recently announced the launch of a regulatory incentive program pilot program, the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher Program (CNPVP), designed to reward drug and biologic sponsors...more

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Executive Orders on Domestic Production of Critical Medicines and Biological Research Security

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What Happened? The President signed two companion Executive Orders (EO) on May 5, 2025 that collectively signal a significant federal pivot toward (i) accelerating the domestic manufacture of pharmaceuticals deemed "critical"...more

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Novo Nordisk Urges FDA to Ban Compounded Semaglutide – What Weight-Loss Clinic Owners Need to Know

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Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy, has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to add semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic, to the "Demonstrable Difficulties for Compounding"...more

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FDA Platform Technology Draft Guidance Highlights Utility of Obscure Patent Term Extension Provision

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As discussed in a prior Goodwin Alert, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released Draft Guidance for designating a platform technology for drug development pursuant to § 560k of the Federal Food, Drug, and...more

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Kicks Off Fall with Several Impactful Medical Product Guidances

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making efforts to modernize both the 510(k) approval process for medical devices and study designs for drugs and biologics....more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q4 2023 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more

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Post-COVID Checkup: Current FDA Due Diligence Considerations

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted both the incredible promise and challenges for life science companies developing and manufacturing drugs, biological products, and devices that enhance our lives....more

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FDA’s Much Anticipated New Cell and Gene Therapy Guidance Outlines a Conservative Approach to Manufacturing Changes

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Biologics have long been defined by their processes, raising complicated questions about how to assess the effect of manufacturing changes on product quality—i.e., whether pre- and post-change products are comparable. This...more

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After the Public Health Emergency: FDA plans to revise COVID-19 EUA policies

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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

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Special Report - 2022 FDA Year in Review

As the United States’ primary public health and consumer protection agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates at least one quarter of the nation’s economy and exerts significant influence over global...more

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FDA leads global work on continuous manufacturing approaches to up quality, supply chain resilience - Long-Awaited ICH Q13 draft...

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Under FDA's leadership, the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) recently published Q13 draft guidelines on continuous manufacturing (CM) to advance the brand and generic drug industries ability to obtain approvals...more

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Breaking Down FDA’s New Remote Monitoring Strategy

On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a long-awaited final guidance document explaining its policy for conducting remote “evaluations” during COVID-19. According to the guidance,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA’s Biologics Inspections in the (Negative) Limelight: Will Congress or Executive Leadership Take Action?

In an unexpected twist to a troubling situation that began over two years ago, U.S. Special Counsel Henry Kerner penned a letter to President Biden on March 31, 2021 questioning the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s)...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 36th Annual FDA Boot Camp - March 24th - 25th, 8:15 am - 1:45 pm EDT

ACI’s FDA Boot Camp returns in a completely interactive virtual format to help life sciences attorneys and executives to master the fundamentals of FDA Regulation... Gain essential working knowledge of core FDA concepts,...more

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FDA and Pharmacy Weekly Digest - November 2020 #1

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Food - FDA Releases Resources on Food Traceability Proposed Rule – The FDA released a resource to allow users to explore the results of the Risk-Ranking Model for Food Tracing used in the development of the Food Traceability...more

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FDA advises drug manufacturers on best practices for restarting operations during COVID-19 pandemic

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On September 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a temporary guidance, “Resuming Normal Drug and Biologics Manufacturing Operations During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency,” urging drug manufacturers to...more

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FDA updates industry on what drug & biologic inspections will occur during COVID-19 pandemic

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On Wednesday, August 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance providing some additional insight into how the agency will determine what drug and biologic inspections may take place during the COVID-19...more

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Current Good Manufacturing Practices in the Time of COVID-19: FDA Announces New Expectations on Risk Assessment and Risk...

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FDA recently published its “Good Manufacturing Practice Considerations for Responding to COVID-19 Infection in Employees in Drug and Biological Products Manufacturing Guidance for Industry” (“Guidance”) which provides...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] FDA Boot Camp - September 23rd - 24th, 8:15 am - 12:45 pm EDT

For over 15 years, ACI’s FDA Boot Camp has been the Training Grounds for Life Sciences Attorneys and Executives to Master the Fundamentals of FDA Regulation. Now the conference returns for its 37th iteration, in a fully...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 71: Shifting Regulatory Landscapes at the FDA: Cannabis, Vaping and Intelligent Medical Devices with Allison...

2019 ushered in numerous changes and new initiatives at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). From the increasing popularity of cannabis use to the rapidly evolving nature of artificial intelligence in medical devices,...more

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Federal Circuit Acetris Decision Is Important for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Planning Sales to US Government

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s February 10 decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. United States provides important guidance regarding the determination of a product’s country of origin, which is a gating issue...more

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FDA and EMA Address Quality and Manufacturing Challenges for Breakthrough Therapies Undergoing Expedited Approval

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On July 31, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published a joint report on their efforts to support the development of and expedite access to breakthrough therapies that...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA 2017 Year in Review: Therapeutic Products, Part 2

Yesterday we started off our year-end series of blog posts with the first part of a review of FDA’s actions for 2017 in the therapeutic products space. Part 1 recapped Commissioner Gottlieb’s initiative to tackle drug...more

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A&B Healthcare Week in Review

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On January 9, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance entitled, Annual Reporting by Prescription Drug Wholesale Distributors and Third-Party Logistics Providers: Questions and Answers; Draft...more

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Current good manufacturing practice requirements for combination products

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On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance document entitled “Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Combination Products.”[1] This guidance describes and explains...more

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