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European Commission Approves Moderna’s Updated COVID-19 Vaccine

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On July 30, 2025, Moderna announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for the updated formulation of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax®.  The updated vaccine targets the LP.8.1 variant of...more

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Regulatory Escalation in Pharma Sector: China Imposes First Executive Sanctions in a Cartel Case

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On May 9, 2025, the Tianjin Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (“Tianjin AMR”) announced administrative penalties against four manufacturers of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (“DSP”) active pharmaceutical...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Five Years Ago Today . . .

On March 11, 2020, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," and cautioned that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear."  At...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FDA Platform Technology Draft Guidance Highlights Utility of Obscure Patent Term Extension Provision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As discussed in a prior Goodwin Alert, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released Draft Guidance for designating a platform technology for drug development pursuant to § 560k of the Federal Food, Drug, and...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: House Held a Markup of 23 Bills; Senators Announced a Proposal on Primary Care Payment Reform

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Exploring the Virtual Care Policy Landscape One Year Post-PHE

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May 11, 2024, marked one year since the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and not much has changed in Medicare telehealth policy. We are still operating under temporary waivers and flexibilities and, as a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Key Takeaways From the 2024 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

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Ballard Spahr attorneys from the firm’s Life Sciences and Health Care Industry Teams were on the ground for the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM24) from January 7-10. While still less crowded than...more

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BARDA Shares Details About Innovative BioMaP Consortium at BARDA Industry Day 2023

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The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) held its first in-person BARDA Industry Day (BID) since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C., on November 13-14, 2023. BID is an annual...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 11th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement - January 23rd - 24th, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 11th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement returns for another exciting year for lively discussions on FCA enforcement including the ramifications of two...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

HRSA Notice Provides Clarity on 340B Child Site Registration Requirements

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After months of relative uncertainty, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a Notice confirming the end to a COVID-19 pandemic-era flexibility that allowed unregistered child sites to utilize 340B...more

Smart & Biggar

CADTH releases 2022-2023 Annual Report

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On August 3, 2023, the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) released its annual report. Highlights from 2022-2023 include...more

Paul Hastings LLP

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

McDermott Will & Schulte

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Informed Consent in Clinical Investigations

On August 15, 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized Informed Consent: Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors (final guidance). This document finalizes, with new examples and limited...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

[Webinar] The mRNA/Lipid Nanoparticle Competitive and Litigation Landscape - September 27th, 2:00 pm ET

Partner Dan Shores will present a webinar titled "The mRNA/Lipid Nanoparticle Competitive and Litigation Landscape" for Medmarc, the leading expert in the products liability risks facing medical technology and life sciences...more

Knobbe Martens

FDA Updates Medical Device Shortages List

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The FDA has updated its Medical Device Shortages List to remove Specimen Collection, Laboratory Reagents and Testing Supplies, Transport Media Device, Saline Vascular Access Flush, and Certain Ventilation-Related Products....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Life Sciences Landscape: 2023 Mid-Year Industry Update

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, impacted a wide range of tax laws and touched many aspects of government. Significantly, part of the IRA provides Medicare with the ability to negotiate the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

Tips for Entering the Life Sciences Market in Brazil

For life sciences companies, Brazil’s market offers both an abundance of business opportunities and a myriad of on-the-ground regulatory compliance challenges for new entrants. Getting the market-entry strategy right will...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

USITC Sets Out Process of Its Investigation into TRIPS Waiver Expansion

On February 1, the USITC formally announced the opening of its investigation into the merits of expanding the TRIPS Waiver to diagnostics and treatments. The investigation was initially requested by USTR, who had been leading...more

White & Case LLP

PMB performs as pharma groups repurpose their portfolios

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After a year of historic profits in 2021 following the mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines and related treatments, big pharma companies armed with cash for deals have been shifting their attention - Overall, pharma, medical...more

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BioNTech to Ship Modular mRNA Vaccine Factory to Rwanda

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Biopharmaceutical New Technologies (BioNTech), the global immunotherapy company based in Mainz, Germany, is scheduled to ship its BioNTainer modular mRNA vaccine factory to Rwanda. According to BioNTech’s press release, the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

WTO TRIPS Council Recommends That General Council Extend Waiver Deadline

On December 16, the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a report recommending that the General Council extend the deadline by which the WTO would...more

Haug Partners LLP

Just The Beginning For Patent Waivers? WTO Issues Precedential Decision Sending Shock Waves Throughout the IP World

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Overview - In March 2020, the world was upended and faced with unimaginable challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic posed threats that had not been experienced in the United States since the smallpox epidemic over 100 years...more

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FDA plans to expand remote evaluations, record reviews post-pandemic

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft guidance on how it will continue to conduct remote regulatory assessments (RRAs) after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends. This guidance...more

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Medicines shortages: Dutch Ministry publishes Policy Rule; EMA calls for MAHs to register contact

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With a goal of ensuring medicinal supply interruptions are better managed, the Dutch Ministry’s Policy Rule regarding ‘iron stock’ sets obligations for marketing authorisation holders and wholesalers to keep a minimum safety...more

Sunstein LLP

WTO Authorizes Partial TRIPS Waiver For Covid-19 Vaccines

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As we previously reported, some members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including India and South Africa, had called for a waiver of intellectual property enforcement on COVID-19 pandemic-related diagnostic kits,...more

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