Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 233: Prioritizing Women’s Health Through Innovation with Lindsey Calcutt of Incora Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 228: Designing & Manufacturing Auto-Injectors with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Building a Business at the Intersection of Neurodata and Innovation With Rob Cooley
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 26: U.S. Enforcement Trends Targeting Foreign Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 209: North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with Laura Gunter of NCLifeSci
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 208: Extended Reality Technology and the ThinkReality Headset with Mattney Beck of Lenovo
AI in the Operating Room: Liability Issues for Device Makers — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
The FDA's Response to AI Medical Innovation — The Good Bot Podcast
Meet Meaghan Luster: Patent Litigation Associate at Wolf Greenfield
FDA Releases Laboratory-Developed Tests Final Rule – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 177: Brain Health and Research with Dr. Fridriksson, Neuroscientist, Professor, & Vice President of Research at the Universit
Transparency and the Open Payments Program
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 18
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 17
Health + Tech - Improving Cancer Care With Digital Health Tools
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 14
On April 15, 2025, Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA) released its new five-year strategic plan, Insight to Impact 2025-2030. Formerly the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), this is the CDA’s first...more
Canada’s Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (the “Pharmacare Act”) received royal assent on October 10, 2024 and established a framework for national pharmacare. On February 27, 2025, the Hon. Mark Holland, Canada’s...more
Health Canada is proposing to amend the Food and Drug Regulations, C.R.C., c.870 (the FDRs) and the Medical Device Regulations, SOR/98-282 (the MDRs) in an effort to avoid pharmaceutical and medical device shortages and...more
Following consultation starting in 2022, on November 29, 2024, Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Food and Drugs Act (Agile Licensing) were registered. These Regulations amend the Food and Drug...more
Health Canada is making changes (via legislative amendments) to the manner in which medical devices and pharmaceutical products are recalled under the Medical Device Regulations, SOR/98-282 (MDR) and the Food and Drug...more
On December 17, 2024, recent amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) and the Medical Devices Regulations (MDR) relating to the recall of drugs and medical devices will come into force....more
UPDATE: The consultation period has been extended until April 26, 2023. On December 17, 2022, the proposed amendments to both regulations were published for consultation: Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under...more
Health Canada released a number of reports over the summer: - Annual Health Product Highlights for 2021, which provides an overview of new health products, including drugs and medical devices, that Health Canada approved...more
Update: Health Canada’s “ Forward Regulatory Plan: 2023-2025” no longer lists some of the below initiatives, including the 2019 proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations, “Regulations amending the Food and Drug...more
As we have previously reported, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Health had made interim orders pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act to address the significant risk to health posed by shortages in 2020 and...more
Mid-year update: Health products approved in 2021 – In October 2021, Health Canada published a “Mid-year update: Health products approved in 2021”, which provides an update on the drugs, medical devices, over-the-counter...more
On September 1, 2021, Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Drugs and Medical Devices (Shortages) (the “Regulations”) were published in Part II of the Canada Gazette. These amendments are intended to provide...more
The Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD), the Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate (BRDD), and the Natural and Non-Prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) have released their Drug Submission...more
UPDATE: The Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Drugs and Medical Devices (Shortages) were published in the Canada Gazette on September 1, 2021. These amendments are intended to provide Health Canada with...more
Health Canada has instituted numerous measures to help address and combat COVID-19, from facilitating access to COVID-19 products to protecting the public from false or misleading advertisements claiming to prevent, treat or...more
UPDATE: The Interim Order No. 2 Respecting Drugs, Medical Devices and Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose in Relation to COVID-19 was made on March 1, 2021 and repeals and replaces the Interim Order Respecting Drugs, Medical...more
At both the federal level and within Florida, there are the beginnings of the seeds of change regarding drug importation policies. President Trump and Governor DeSantis have both been HUGE supporters of drug importation as a...more
Below are the major highlights in Canadian life sciences intellectual property and regulatory law that we have reported on in the first half of 2019....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 March 4, 2019, the final Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Public Release of Clinical Information) and Regulations Amending the Medical Devices Regulations (Public Release of Clinical Information)...more
Orders of prohibition relating to polymorphic form patent for PRISTIQ upheld on appeal - As previously reported, the Federal Court, in a pair of decisions, granted orders prohibiting Apotex and Teva from marketing their...more
Certificate of Supplementary Protection Regime: First Anniversary Update - September 21, 2018 marked the first anniversary of the certificate of supplementary protection (CSP) regime. CSPs, which provide an additional...more
Standing Committee on Health proposes National Pharmacare program, modifications to prescription and generic drug pricing - While common among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...more
No Section 8 Liability for Valid and Infringed Patent in NEXIUM Proceeding - What happens when a patentee is unsuccessful in a prohibition application under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) (PMNOC)...more
PMPRB News - PMPRB releases scoping paper relating to proposed amended Regulations - As previously reported, on December 2, 2017, Canada’s Governor-in-Council published proposed Regulations Amending the Patented...more