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FDA Pivots on Publishing Complete Response Letters, Raising SEC Disclosure and Securities Litigation Implications

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On July 10, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was embracing “radical transparency” by publishing more than 200 Complete Response Letters (CRLs) — letters the agency issues to a sponsor when...more

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Court Strikes Down FDA Rule Regulating Laboratory-Developed Tests

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On March 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in American Clinical Laboratory Association v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, vacated the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) May 6,...more

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Health Canada publishes Guide to the precision regulating authorities under the Food and Drugs Act

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In March 2025,  Health Canada published a Guide to the precision regulating authorities under the Food and Drugs Act. The Guide sets out the principles, policies, considerations and standards that Health Canada should follow...more

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A Texas Federal Court Sides with Laboratories, But There May Be Unintended Consequences for FDA

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The obvious result of the legal shootout between the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and clinical laboratory trade associations, the American Clinical Laboratory Association and the Association for Molecular Pathology,...more

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Texas Court Vacates FDA’s Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) Final Rule

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A Texas judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a ruling on March 31, 2025, to vacate and set aside, in its entirety, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Final Rule titled Medical...more

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Federal court vacates FDA Laboratory Developed Test rule

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Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2024 rule that aimed to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices, deciding it is...more

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FDA’s Semaglutide Shortage Resolution: Legal Implications and Risks for Compounding Pharmacies

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Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) announced in a Declaratory Order the resolution of the shortage of semaglutide injection products Wegovy and Ozempic (the “February Declaratory Order”). On March...more

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HHS Rescission of the Richardson Waiver and Unintended Legal Consequences for Drug and Device Manufacturers

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On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a policy statement rescinding a decades-old administrative exemption for notice-and-comment rulemaking known as the Richardson Waiver. Written...more

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State Licensing Requirements: Are You Prepared?

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Securing FDA clearance or approval is a major accomplishment for medical device and pharmaceutical companies, but it’s not the final step. Before selling your products in most states, you must navigate state licensing...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Communications of Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses

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The final guidance describes FDA’s enforcement discretion policy for sharing scientific information on unapproved uses of approved products and suggests a safe harbor for sharing off-label information consistent with the...more

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Complete Response Letter, Warning Letter and Shareholder Lawsuit Follow FDA Data Integrity Findings

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Applied Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, is under heightened scrutiny following the issuance of a November 2024 Warning Letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the heels of a routine...more

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First Major Overhaul of Cosmetics Regulation Since FDR Administration

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As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, President Biden signed into law the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (“MoCRA”). This is the first major reform of cosmetics regulation since the Federal...more

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