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CDA update: new five-year strategic plan and position statement on using AI in health technology assessments

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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

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FDA Goes All In on AI: What It Means for Your Submissions

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The FDA is moving quickly to bring artificial intelligence (AI) into the heart of its regulatory review process. On May 8, 2025, the agency announced the successful completion of its first AI-assisted scientific review—and...more

Venable LLP

Venable FDA Pulse: FDA at the 100-Day Mark of Trump Administration 2.0

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Since returning to office for a second term, President Trump has taken steps to reshape federal agencies. Here, we discuss the significant changes that have occurred at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) during...more

McCarter & English, LLP

FDA Finalizes Guidance on Communications Regarding Unapproved Uses of Medical Products

In January 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its 2023 revised draft guidance Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared...more

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Health Canada Consultation on Proposed Amendments to Address Drug and Medical Device Shortages in Canada

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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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Kicks Off Fall with Several Impactful Medical Product Guidances

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making efforts to modernize both the 510(k) approval process for medical devices and study designs for drugs and biologics....more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q4 2023 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Special Report - 2022 FDA Year in Review

As the United States’ primary public health and consumer protection agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates at least one quarter of the nation’s economy and exerts significant influence over global...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FDA issues final rule clarifying its “intended use” regulations for pharmaceuticals and medical devices

The FDA issued a final rule (RIN 0910-A147) on August 2, 2021, to clarify its “intended use” regulations for pharmaceutical products and medical devices — 21 CFR §201.128 (drugs) and 21 CFR §801.4 (devices). The final rule...more

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GAO to Investigate PE-Backed Institutional Review Boards

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to investigate the operations of for-profit Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) following a request made by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sherrod Drown (D-OH), and...more

K2 Integrity

Deterring the Counterfeits: Finding an Antidote for Global Businesses

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When thinking of counterfeit products, minds may wander to a person on the street selling near-authentic looking bags, sunglasses, and watches, for a fraction of the price of what would be paid at a store. But what if there...more

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FDA reviews go faster — but with less proof drugs are safer or more effective

For anyone concerned with the quality and safety of prescription medications, this may be an especially displeasing commentary from a pharmaceutical expert about drugs raced to approval now: “Some of them are really great,”...more

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New UK Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Announced

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The Queen's Speech, which set out the government's proposed plan for new legislation, included a new "Medicines and Medical Devices Bill". The government's background briefing describes the purpose of the Bill as ensuring...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

FDA’s Safe Importation Action Plan May Give Florida’s Drug Import Program a Pathway to Approval

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

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Telemarketing “free” back and limb braces for seniors adds up to a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud

Federal authorities have busted up what they say is a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud that should give taxpayers and patients pause about long-distance medical consultations and the huge sums of cash washing around the medical...more

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FDA issues final guidance for public warnings and notification of recalls

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a final guidance document regarding the use, content, and circumstances for the issuance of public warnings and public notifications for firm-initiated or...more

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FDA proposes a process for receiving nonbinding feedback on an establishment's response to an FDA Form 483

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On 19 February 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) released a draft guidance entitled, "Nonbinding Feedback After Certain FDA Inspections of Device Establishments" (draft guidance) for comment. ...more

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FDA wants to hear from you: Proposed framework for regulating output of digital health tools accompanying prescription drugs as...

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On 20 November the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a request for comments on a proposed framework for regulating the output of digital health applications disseminated by or on behalf of drug manufacturers with...more

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UK MHRA consults on no-deal Brexit legislation

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The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has initiated a consultation on the legislation and regulatory processes for medicines, medical devices and related clinical trials that would need to be...more

Butler Snow LLP

Pro Te: Solutio – Vol. 11, No. 2

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In this issue of Pro Te (Volume 11, No.2), we examine three important topics with practical implications. In many jurisdictions, the medical judgment of physicians is almost sacrosanct – at least insofar as it is...more

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HMA-EMA’s work programme on availability of authorised medicines for human and veterinary use includes measures for Brexit

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On 23 August 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA), the network of the National Competent Authorities in the European Economic Area (EEA), published the work programme of their...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Real World Evidence: Implications and Challenges for Medical Product Communications in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

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A confluence of factors is increasing and accelerating the digitization of large amounts of real world data (RWD) generated on individuals and patients. Originally published in Update magazine - August/September 2018....more

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Legislation Affecting the Pharmaceutical Industry

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During a year in which legislative activity was restrained by a variety of factors, most notably the Senate’s inability to maintain a consistent majority, the New York State Legislature nonetheless still passed 641 bills,...more

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The South African pharmaceutical regulatory environment

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Our local pharmaceutical environment is highly regulated.The most important legislative provisions are found in the Medicines Act and the Pharmacy Act....more

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FDA guidances promote greater communication to payors about medical product value, clarify CFL communications

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On June 12, FDA finalized two guidance documents regarding the types of information that drug and device manufacturers may communicate to payors and that the agency regards as “consistent with" FDA-required labeling. FDA...more

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