News & Analysis as of

Regulatory Reform › Final Rules › Life Sciences

MoFo Life Sciences

Need to FAST Track Your Patent? The USPTO increases the Annual Limit to 20,000

MoFo Life Sciences on

Effective July 8, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) expanded the availability of prioritized examination, increasing the limit on the number of requests from 15,000 to 20,000 in a fiscal year. The 20,000...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Closing the GRAS Loophole: Secretary Kennedy’s Plan To Enhance FDA Food Safety Regulations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on

On March 10, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. initiated a significant shift in the regulation of ultra-processed foods by directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise the GRAS (Generally Recognized...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

APHIS Reinstates Legacy Biotechnology Regulations: Implications for CRISPR-Edited Plants

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed on

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on January 23, 2025, that it is reinstating its legacy notification procedure as of February 7, 2025, providing a streamlined alternative to permits for...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Pounding the Compounders: FDA’s “No Compound” Lists

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on

Novo Nordisk recently made headlines petitioning FDA to stop the compounding of its blockbuster GLP-1 products so it can sell its patented semaglutide drugs exclusively. Compounding is the practice of creating new drug...more

Jones Day

CMS's New TCET Pathway Expedites Medicare Coverage for FDA Breakthrough Devices

Jones Day on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published a final notice outlining the processes and procedures for the Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies ("TCET") pathway, a Medicare coverage pathway...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

In Through the Out Door: FDA Issues Guidance on Its Importation of Prescription Drugs Final Rule

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on

Channeling Led Zeppelin’s “In Through The Out Door,” in May 2022, the Food and Drug Administration issued a guidance for industry entitled, “Importation of Prescription Drugs Final Rule Questions and Answers (Small Entity...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on

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

Stinson LLP

FDA Finally Finalizes the Intended Use Rule

Stinson LLP on

Last week, FDA published its new final rule amending the “intended use” regulations for drugs and medical devices, which it hopes will “put to rest any dispute” about the agency’s interpretation of evidence relevant to...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide