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The Importance of a Clinical Trial Strategy

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Developing a medical product, such as a medical device, comes with important milestones that can cause a project to sink or swim. One major milestone is amassing the clinical data needed to support pre-market submissions....more

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FDA Greenlights Commercialization of Gene-Edited Pig Resistant to Devastating Swine Disease PRRSV

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On April 30, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), approved the use of a gene-edited pig to confer resistance to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), a devastating swine disease....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

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A Model’s Credibility Is in the Details: FDA Draft Guidance on the Use of AI Models in Drug and Biological Product Development

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In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) models in drug development and in regulatory submissions titled, “Considerations for the Use of...more

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9th Circuit Finds That Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) Procedures Constitute Treatments As Drugs

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In United States v. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Inc.[1], the FDA brought a lawsuit against doctors who create and administer a stem cell mixture called stromal vascular fraction (SVF), alleging violations of the...more

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FDA Announces Delayed Enforcement of Looming Supply Chain Requirements for Drugs Until 2024

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With a November 2023 compliance deadline fast approaching, FDA publishes guidance explaining a one-year delayed enforcement of certain obligations, including interoperable, electronic, and package-level product tracing...more

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California Follows the Lead of Other States in Heightening the Scrutiny of Health Care Transactions

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California is taking steps to broaden its regulatory oversight of health care related transactions, joining a growing list of states that have recently either attempted to or have been successful in enacting similar...more

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Artificial intelligence: Compliance considerations for provider organizations

Artificial intelligence (AI) is nothing new to the healthcare industry, as many organizations and clinicians have utilized such tools in some capacity for many years. Imaging-related AI to support radiologists is not...more

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Two new FDA Drug Supply Chain Security Act Guidances to help Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Partners Comply with the DSCSA’s move to...

The DSCSA, enacted in 2013, requires entities in the pharmaceutical supply chain to implement security measures to prevent the introduction of counterfeit and illegitimate drugs into the market. One of these measures is the...more

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FDA Publishes Informed Consent Final Guidance for Drug and Medical Device Clinical Investigations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has issued the final guidance document, “Informed Consent: Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors” (Final Guidance). The...more

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Minimizing the Fallout from Increasing FDA Clinical Holds

With medical and scientific advances progressing at an exponential pace, FDA appears to be taking a more aggressive stance in imposing clinical holds on studies where adverse events are reported. Over the last several years,...more

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FDA Issues Guidance on Drug and Biologic Submissions with Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance on drug and biologic submissions to the agency that include real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE). The procedural guidance aims to...more

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FDA Concludes Software Pre-Cert Pilot Program, Noting Federal Legislative Action is Needed

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) has issued a final report discussing the results of its Software Precertification Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”). Importantly, the September 26, 2022 report...more

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance for Sponsors on How to Comply with Study Data Standards When Submitting RWD-Sourced Study Data

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance titled Data Standards for Drug and Biological Product Submissions Containing Real-World Data on October 21, 2021. The guidance provides the Agency’s thoughts...more

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FDA’s Bendeka decision reverses approvals of Treanda generics

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Wednesday, FDA released a letter stating how the agency intends to implement the scope of orphan drug exclusivity awarded to Eagle Pharmaceuticals’ Bendeka (bendamustine HCl) by the D.C. Circuit Court in Eagle...more

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New Brexit Q&A provides several examples in relation to the “placing on the EU market”of products including medical devices

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On 1 February 2019, the European Commission published a new Q&A document to give further guidance on the Notice to stakeholders-withdrawal of the United Kingdom and EU rules in the field of industrial products (“the Notice”)....more

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European Commission publishes factsheet on medical devices and in vitro medical devices for non-EU and non-EEA competent...

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Introduction The European Commission has published a factsheet addressed to competent authorities of third countries....more

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Regulatory Insights for Life Sciences and Health Care Investments: Cell and gene therapies

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Investing in the life sciences industry without an understanding of the key regulatory factors that could determine a product's success or failure could cost you millions of dollars....more

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EMA publishes draft Guideline on clinical investigation of haemophilia B medicinal products

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Introduction The EMA has published a draft Guideline on clinical investigation of recombinant and human plasma-derived factor IX products....more

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The European Commission publishes nine new guidance documents in relation to the MDR and IVDR

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On 20 November 2018, the European Commission published nine new documents intended to provide guidance to non-EU authorities and economic operators in relation to the Medical Devices Regulation (“MDR”) and In vitro Diagnostic...more

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FDA proposes streamlining combination product regulations

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On May 15, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed amending its product classification rules for combination products, found in 21 CFR Part 3. Generally, the proposed rule purports to clarify language in the...more

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