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FTC Holds Its First Listening Session on Practices and Regulations Impacting Pharmaceutical Generic or Biosimilar Competition

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On June 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held the first of three listening sessions focused on ways to lower Americans’ drug prices through competition. The panels are being held as...more

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Embattled Biotechs Facing Uncertainty at the FDA Look to Collaborative Deal Structures

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Biotechs have faced several challenging years with slumping valuations and a competitive funding environment. However, the latest slew of retirements and layoffs at the FDA could present their greatest challenge yet....more

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Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines

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President Trump’s May 5, 2025, executive order titled “Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines” sets out the administration’s goals to increase the domestic manufacture of critical...more

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FDA’s Recent Guidance on Accelerated Approval and Implications for Rare Diseases

In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan, focusing on issues impacting the rare disease community....more

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Silent Dangers: The Link Between Depo-Provera, Brain Tumors, and Health Inequities

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For decades, Depo-Provera has been presented as a game-changing contraceptive—a quick injection every three months that promised simplicity and effectiveness. For millions of women worldwide, it seemed like the perfect...more

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Tirzepatide Shortage Resolved

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On October 3, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its shortage categorization of tirzepatide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medication, marking the shortage as “resolved” for all presentations of the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

What’s it to You? Justice Scalia’s 41-Year-Old Gatekeeping Question on “Standing” Influences Court to Uphold FDA’s Regulation of...

Mifepristone is safe for now. On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the plaintiffs — doctors and medical associations alike — lacked standing to challenge 2000 and 2019 FDA approvals of mifepristone (brand...more

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Client Alert: The Supreme Court Signals That Access to Mifepristone Will Likely Remain Safe for Now

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On March 26, 2024, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the two consolidated cases concerning access to mifepristone pending before the Court, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, Case No. 23-235 and Danco Laboratories,...more

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First At-Home Artificial Insemination Kit Receives FDA Clearance

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Mosie Baby, a Texas-based fertility care company, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its over-the-counter intravaginal insemination kit.  The kit was developed for those who are unable to...more

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The FDA Approves Two New Gene Therapies for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease

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On December 8, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two new gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease. The first, Casgevy™ (exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel)), is the first-ever approved...more

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New FDA Draft Guidance Updates Recommendations for Good Clinical Practices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a draft of its updated Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidance for modernizing clinical trials. The draft guidance will be open for public comment for 60 days from...more

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Reproductive Health: Over the Counter Birth Control Pill Supported by FDA Advisory Committees

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At the May 9-10, 2023, Joint Meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers voted that the...more

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Contradictory Court Opinions Leave the Approval of Abortion Medication in Question

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On April 7, 2023, two federal judges in Texas and Washington State issued dueling opinions about the abortion medication Mifepristone, just hours apart. These two decisions come in the midst of growing tension about abortion...more

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FDA Modifies Mifepristone REMS Program, Establishes Certification Process for Pharmacies

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On January 3, 2023, FDA released an updated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for mifepristone. The updated REMS follows a December 2021 FDA announcement that it would eliminate the requirement that mifepristone...more

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FDA REMS Protocol Modification Provides a Pathway for Pharmacies to Dispense Mifepristone

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On January 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) modified its risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program (“Mifepristone REMS Program”) to provide a process for pharmacies to become certified to...more

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Fall Congressional Forecast: Eye on Federal Funding and Health Care

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Congress faces a crowded agenda this fall comprised of must-pass policy initiatives and potential political messaging opportunities in the lead up to the November midterm elections. With control of both chambers at stake, the...more

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Tillis Urges FDA, USPTO to Investigate Potential False Narrative by Drug Critics

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On January 31, 2022, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, sent a letter to Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the FDA, and Drew...more

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Calls for USPTO to Adopt Policies to Modulate Drug Pricing

In the wake of the nomination of Kathi Vidal as Director of the USPTO, there will be significant attention paid to the agency’s responses to calls from both the executive and legislative branches to remake the agency’s...more

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July 2018 IP Update: The Right to Try Act: A New Avenue for Use of Experimental Drugs

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On May 30, President Trump signed the Right to Try Act. The Act authorizes the use of experimental drugs without pre-approval or oversight by the Food and Drug Administration. Both the patient and the drug must meet certain...more

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A new right for American patients: The Right to Try

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On May 22, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 204, commonly known as the “Right to Try Act of 2017” by a vote of 250-169. The bill gives certain patients with life-threatening conditions the right to...more

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Right to Try Legislation: Worthwhile or Window Dressing?

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"Right to Try" legislation, which enables terminally ill patients or patients with a "life threatening disease or condition" to seek access to investigative drugs with little to no oversight from the FDA, has been enacted in...more

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Passage of Federal Right-to-Try law poses risks and opportunities for patients and the biopharmaceutical industry

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Right-to-try laws and the future of access to investigational treatments - The treatment of patients with unapproved therapies is often referred to as “compassionate use” or “expanded access”. Under right-to-try laws,...more

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