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[Podcast] FDA-Regulated Products Supply Chain Disruptions: Policy Shifts

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Navigating the complexities of maintaining a stable supply chain in an ever-changing global environment is a key focus for FDA-regulated companies. As US policy shifts, the topic of global supply chain has only become more...more

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Drug Pricing: FDA Considerations Under Recent Executive Orders and Congressional Bills

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President Trump’s executive orders and legislative proposals from Congress leverage FDA to help lower drug prices, address anti-competitive practices, and accelerate generic drug approvals....more

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FDA to Expand Unannounced Inspections of Foreign Facilities — Manufacturers, Research Firms Should Prepare

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On May 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a plan to expand its use of unannounced inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities that produce foods, essential medicines and other medical products...more

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President Trump Issues Most Favored Nations Drug Pricing Executive Order

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While much of Washington, DC’s attention this week has been focused on congressional action around budget reconciliation, including proposed changes to the Medicaid program, the White House also made news with release of a...more

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FDA Expands Unannounced Inspections at Foreign Manufacturing Facilities

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On May 6, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to expand its use of unannounced inspections at foreign manufacturing facilities that “produce foods, essential medicines, and other medical products...more

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Trump’s Drug Price Executive Order: What Drugmakers Should Know

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On April 15, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First.” The order reaffirms and seeks to expand on policy initiatives introduced during the president’s...more

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U.S. Department of Commerce Investigates Possible Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals: Forecasting the Impact and an Opportunity to Comment

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I. Key Takeaways - - The Secretary of Commerce is investigating the effects of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients (and their derivative products) on national security to support potential tariffs or...more

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Canadian Drug Importation May Undermine Intellectual Property Protection

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The Situation: Earlier this year, Florida became the first state to receive authorization for its Section 804 Importation Program ("SIP") from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). This initial step toward the legal...more

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Imported Drugs: (Possibly) Coming Soon to a State Near You

In recent years, states have been exploring innovative avenues to address rising healthcare costs and ensure access to affordable medication for their residents. One idea gaining traction involves pursuing authorization from...more

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What Lies Ahead, We Have No Way of Knowing: FDA Authorizes Florida’s Drug Importation Program

A recent development with the Food and Drug Administration made us think of a song lyric from Florida native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Tom Petty, “What lies ahead, [we] have no way of knowing.” As a kick-off to 2024,...more

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U.S. FDA authorizes Florida plan to import drugs in bulk from Canada

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A proposed program by the state of Florida to import certain prescription drugs from Canada has received the approval of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA): FDA news release on January 5, 2024....more

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FDA Approves Florida’s Section 804 Importation Program for Importation of Canadian Pharmaceuticals

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On January 5, 2024 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its approval of the State of Florida’s proposal to import certain prescription drugs from Canada under the Section 804 Importation Program (SIP). This approval...more

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FDA Greenlights Florida’s Proposal for Importing Prescription Drugs From Canada

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On Friday, January 5, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the Section 804 Importation Program (SIP) proposal of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA). The SIP is a pathway that allows...more

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FDA: Major Policy Shift Authorizes Florida’s Plan to Import Drugs from Canada

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On Friday, January 5, 2024, in a major policy shift, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration’s plan to purchase medicines in bulk for its Medicaid programs,...more

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Florida still has a long way to go before it can begin importing certain Canadian drugs

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On January 5, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Florida’s proposal under the Section 804 Importation Program (SIP) to allow Florida to proceed to the next steps in the regulatory process to import...more

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FDA Authorizes Florida’s Drug Importation Program

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On Jan. 5, the FDA authorized Florida’s Section 804 Implementation program (SIP), making Florida the first state to secure such approval. Generally, there are three pathways to importing a prescription drug into the United...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - September 2022

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Inflation Reduction Act: Stakeholders and commentators continue to review H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), which became law on Aug. 16, 2022. Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce and...more

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FDA User Fee Reauthorization Gains Momentum with Senate HELP Committee Approval

There continues to be no shortage of FDA-related issues in front of Congress this summer. In recent days, the pace of Congressional action on reauthorizing FDA’s user fee programs has significantly picked up with the Senate...more

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FDA issues final guidance for importing drugs prior to anticipated approval

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the final guidance, “Pre-Launch Activities Importation Requests (PLAIR),” describing its policy regarding requests for the importation of unapproved finished...more

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Canada, PhRMA and Others Challenge U.S. Prescription Drug Rules

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As we previously reported, in July 2019 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Safe Importation Action Plan (Action Plan) created with the FDA to allow the importation of certain prescription drugs...more

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[Webinar] Looking ahead to 2021: Impacts of the election for the life sciences and health care industry - November 19th, 12:30 pm...

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Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons virtual event series - The fast pace of innovation in the life sciences and health care industry has reached an all-time high in 2020 as the industry grapples with the new reality of...more

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AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - October 2020

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of AGG outside the Food and Drug practice....more

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A Guide to FDA’s Final Rule on the Importation of Prescription Drugs from Canada

On September 25, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule entitled, “Importation of Prescription Drugs,” to implement Section 804(b) through (h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)....more

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FDA, CMS actions on drug importation promise much, likely deliver little

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Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced policies intended to permit the importation of, and Medicaid reimbursement for, certain foreign prescription...more

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Final Canadian Drug Importation Rule and HHS Certification Issued Under Section 804 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

As previously covered on this blog, in mid-2019 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jointly published the Safe Importation Action Plan, which outlined the Trump...more

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