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[Podcast] FDA-Regulated Products Supply Chain Disruptions: Industry Perspective

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Supply chain disruptions have become a significant challenge for the U.S. FDA-regulated products industry, affecting the availability of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food. These disruptions are caused by various...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA finalizes RRA manufacturing inspection guidance as US focuses on supply chain security

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued final guidance entitled “Conducting Remote Regulatory Assessments,” which explains the agency's plans to continue utilizing its records request authority and virtual...more

Gardner Law

What to Do When FDA Detains Your Shipment

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When products in your shipment violate—or appear to violate—FDA laws and regulations, the FDA may detain your product and issue a Notice of FDA Action with the designation of “Detained.” This notice is considered the Notice...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FDA Requesting Comments on Proposed Guidance Regarding 510(k) Transfers

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued draft guidance (the “510(k) Transfer Guidance”) related to the transfer of a Premarket Notification (510(k)) Clearance. The 510(k) Transfer Guidance...more

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[Podcast] FDA-Regulated Products Supply Chain Disruptions: Policy Shifts

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Navigating the complexities of maintaining a stable supply chain in an ever-changing global environment is a key focus for FDA-regulated companies. As US policy shifts, the topic of global supply chain has only become more...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A 20-Minute Speech Provides the Clearest Road Map Yet for FDA Policy

Key Points - - Who is impacted: Manufacturers of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and food products. - What is changing: The agency is prioritizing user fee reauthorization, the MAHA initiative and a push for...more

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed

Distribution Chain Compliance for Medical Devices

Distributors, dispensers, and retailers of medical device products face a patchwork of federal and state requirements governing distribution chain compliance. Given the evolving and expanding requirements for device...more

Foley Hoag LLP

U.S. Department of Commerce Investigates Possible Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals: Forecasting the Impact and an Opportunity to Comment

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I. Key Takeaways - - The Secretary of Commerce is investigating the effects of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients (and their derivative products) on national security to support potential tariffs or...more

Hogan Lovells

PRODUCT | PFAS and product law: Navigating regulatory and legal risks

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Regulation and litigation surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – a class of organic chemicals used in a variety of industrial and consumer products – is on the rise and evolving day-by-day. And the PFAS...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Three Questions with Sedgwick’s Jeremy Schutz

In this edition of Three Questions, health care & life sciences partner Nate Brown spoke with Jeremy Schutz, director of business development, recall & remediation at Sedgwick, to explore key strategies that pharmaceutical...more

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

Compounded GLP-1 Drugs: is the Party Over? These Are the Legal and Regulatory Issues for Game Changing Weight Loss Products and...

Author’s Note: This is an updated version of the post to our blog dated October 30, 2024. Later that day, FDA announced the resolution of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide shortage, which altered the conclusion of our original post...more

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JPM2024: Manufacturing outlook for transformative technologies

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Cell, tissue, and gene therapies (CTGT) have for years offered the potential for truly personalized medicine for many near-incurable disease indications. In addition, radiopharmaceuticals and custom medical device...more

Woodruff Sawyer

How to Manage Exposures When Commercializing a Life Sciences Product

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The road to commercializing a life sciences product is a long one, spanning years to perform research, develop the product, conduct clinical trials and testing, and receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Drug Supply Chain Security Act Compliance Extended But Trading Partners Should Still Prepare Now

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On Friday, August 25th, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a guidance document extending the November 27, 2023 enforcement deadline for drug and device manufacturers, wholesale distributors, dispensers, and...more

Goldberg Segalla

FDA to EPA: Pump the Brakes on New EtO Rules During Supply Chain Shortage

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With COVID diagnoses spiking across the United States this summer, we cannot yet claim that the pandemic is behind us. In fact, we are still experiencing residual medical device and equipment shortages, which has caused...more

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FDA Updates Medical Device Shortages List

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The FDA has updated its Medical Device Shortages List to remove Specimen Collection, Laboratory Reagents and Testing Supplies, Transport Media Device, Saline Vascular Access Flush, and Certain Ventilation-Related Products....more

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FDA Seeks $7.2 Billion Budget for 2024

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The FDA recently announced that it is seeking a budget of $7.2 Billion for 2024, part of which is intended for “Advancing Medical Product Availability.” The portion of the requested budget directed to advancing access to...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

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

K&L Gates LLP

New FDA Draft Guidance Aiming To Prevent Drug Shortages Will Affect Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken formal steps to prevent and mitigate drug shortages for over a decade. While the problem predates the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic presented potential new challenges...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Preparedness Reforms Come into Focus as the PREVENT Pandemics Act Advances in the Senate HELP Committee

Last month, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 20 to 2 to advance S. 3799, the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and Pandemics Act (the “PREVENT Pandemics...more

Alston & Bird

FDA Releases Draft MDUFA V 2023 - Medical Products Supply Chain Week in Review

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In the past few weeks, the FDA has continued to focus its attention on supply chain issues. The agency published draft guidance on its verification system expectations of supply chain trading partners for prescription drugs...more

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FDA to Develop National Standards for Drug Distributors – Medical Products Supply Chain Week in Review

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Since our last update, the Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA resumed domestic and foreign inspections. The agency also published a proposed rule to update...more

Alston & Bird

FDA Extends Pause on Non-mission-critical Domestic Surveillance inspections to February 4 – Medical Products Supply Chain Week in...

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In this week’s issue, OSHA withdrew its emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required a mandatory vaccination policy for large private employers with an exception for employers that adopt a policy requiring mandatory...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - January 2022

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on 506J Notifications for Medical Devices

Bob Dylan sang, “Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know.” In January 2022, the Food and Drug Administration said the same to the medical device industry when it issued a draft guidance, “Notifying the FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance or...more

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