Pharma in Brief

JANUARY 7, 2024

On January 5, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) approved Florida’s proposal to import prescription drugs from Canada. Whether Florida is able to import drugs from Canada, including in light of Canadian regulations controlling drug exports, remains to be seen.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

On December 29, 2022, the President signed into law the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (“FDORA”) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 , Pub. FDORA primarily amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act. 117-328 (2022).

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

Shapiro — In our last post on Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) , we suggested that Congress, not FDA, should lead in directing modernization of LDT regulation. Any change should be made by enacting new law, and not by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) administrative fiat.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — Earlier this month, FDA published a final rule to update the mammography regulations, issued under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

Circuit , FDA published a Federal Register Notice today (August 9) soliciting comments on its proposed approach to implementing the Court’s interpretation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) distinction between drugs and devices.

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Pharma in Brief

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Courts’ decisions provide insight into how natural health products are distinguished, under federal law, from cosmetics and from drugs subject to the Food and Drug Regulations. Natural health product vs. regulated drug In Winning Combination Inc. In its August 16, 2023 decision in Le-Vel Brands, LLC v.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

The American Conference Institute (“ACI”) will be hosting a series of go-to forums on critical topics including novel therapeutics, cosmetics/personal care products and Paragraph IV disputes. Claud will be featured at the Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Cosmetics & Personal Care Products in New York, NY.

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Pharma Tutor

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

FDA Inspections - Overview admin Thu, 02/02/2023 - 13:52 FDA Inspection is a regulatory process conducted by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate the compliance of food and drug establishments with FDA regulations and standards.

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XTalks

MARCH 25, 2024

The latest phase of Oprah’s weight loss journey brought her to GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, which have taken Hollywood and social media by storm. GLP-1 receptor agonists, a class of drugs initially developed to treat type 2 diabetes, have been found to have significant effects on weight loss.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Baumhardt , MS, MJ, MT(ASCP), RAC, FRAPS, has joined the firm as a Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert, and that Sophia Gaulkin has joined the firm as an Associate. Baumhardt advises clients on complaint handling, MDRs, Quality System Regulation compliance and enforcement matters. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. (“HP&M”)

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Javitt — For many years, one of the most controversial topics in device regulation has been the dual-track oversight of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and laboratory developed tests (LDTs). At various points and in various ways, FDA has sought – mostly unsuccessfully – to regulate LDTs (see here ).

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Camargo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Some Drugs May Require Reclassification to Devices. On August 9, the FDA published a Federal Register notice requesting information and comments regarding products currently classified as drugs which may require reclassification as devices. Final Regulation Issued for “Intended Use”.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 11, 2023

Koblitz — One of the most important questions FDA has to answer is whether a given product is appropriately characterized as a drug, biologic, device, food, cosmetic, or something entirely different. the nanotube—is irrelevant, as it is the “active ingredient” that matters for purposes of classifying the product as a drug or biologic.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 30, 2023

The FDA’s proposed FY2024 Budget tops $7bn, to be shared between drug, food, and cosmetics tasks and overheads such as buildings; this is $372m higher than in FY 2023, a 10% increase. Recall powers for all drugs: The budget reveals legislative as well as spending plans; the agency wants to expand its authority to recall any drug.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2024

By Faraz Siddiqui — As drug manufacturers battle the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) in federal courts over the role of 340B contract pharmacies, an Eighth Circuit decision to uphold a 2021 Arkansas law may render those cases inconsequential in that state. Decision at 8-9.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

FDA , the Court of Appeals ruled that FDA cannot regulate a medical product – in this case, the radiographic contrast agent barium sulfate – as a drug when the product meets the definition of a device. The decision has wide-ranging implications for FDA’s assertion of discretion in classifying and regulating medical products.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

The American Conference Institute (“ACI”) will be hosting the go-to forum for critical updates on OTC regulation and enforcement, monograph reform, ACNU and advertising essentials… and FDA Law Blog readers can get a discount. Deb along with fellow panelists Kyle Y.

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ProRelix Research

JUNE 26, 2023

As per Section 201(h)(1) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, a device is an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, […] The post US FDA Medical Device Applications appeared first on ProRelix Research.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Philip Won & Lisa M. Two days after the blog post, FDA updated the Digital Health Policy Navigator to improve access to the tool through the webpage and add examples to the clinical decision support software policy considerations in Step 6.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the new year brings along a new set of food safety tasks to tackle. Related: Baby Food Safety Act of 2021: Why Didn’t FDA Regulate Heavy Metals Sooner?

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XTalks

MARCH 21, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unveiled its ambitious proposal for a $7.2 An additional $8 million is allocated for the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), which aims to enhance cosmetic product safety. billion budget for fiscal year 2025. With a notable increase of $495 million or 7.4

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

See Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) Section 503A(b)(2). The matter involves a “decades old skirmish” dating back to the late 1990s, (and previously blogged about here and here ) when Congress passed the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (“FDAMA”), which created Section 503A.

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XTalks

JANUARY 25, 2023

Massachusetts-based TheracosBio has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for diabetes med Brenzavvy (bexagliflozin) to help improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. The drug is taken once a day in conjunction with diet and exercise. What is the Animal Drug Regulatory Process?

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

A review of FDA’s Postmarketing Requirements and Commitments database reveals that one of the most common reasons FDA requires postmarketing studies is to assess the impact of a drug on maternal and fetal outcomes when taken by pregnant women. For many drugs, both a registry and an outcomes study are required.

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Pharma in Brief

JANUARY 10, 2024

Expected highlights for 2024 include a final PTA regime, more details on PMPRB drug pricing guidelines and national pharmacare, and fall-out from the US mass drug importation program targeting Canadian medicines. However, many details remain to be addressed in forthcoming regulations. PMPRB in flux. CDA announced.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

Since 1984, generic drugs have been approved under ANDAs pursuant to section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); before 1984, no formal mechanism for an ANDA existed so FDA used sections 505(b) and 505(c) to approve follow-on drugs based on the Agency’s previous findings of safety and efficacy.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

This legislation, named the Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act (Innovative FEED Act) , is an effort to create an approval process for ingredients with environmental or food safety claims as food additives rather than as animal drugs. 1844 – Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The FDA’s General Approach to Regulating mHealth Products. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation as a medical device. Determining whether a product is a medical device subject to FDA regulation necessarily begins with understanding the FDA regulatory definition of ‘medical device’. not a medical device, ii.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Farquhar — A drug manufacturer’s bad post-inspection grade from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – labeled an “Official Action Indicated” classification – is generally devastating for the facility, not least because it can stall FDA approval of applications to market drugs manufactured at the facility. By Douglas B.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sara’s practice covers the intersection of FDA regulatory issues and Intellectual Property, including the Hatch-Waxman Amendments, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, and the Orphan Drug Act, biosimilars, and the Orange Book. Sara joined the firm from a well-recognized intellectual property firm in 2017.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public that several categories of FDA-regulated products purchased from Jan. This alert covers FDA-regulated products purchased from Family Dollar stores in those six states from Jan. Today, the U.S. We will continue to work to protect consumers.”. 1, 2021, through the present.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The LMG awards are reflective of HPM’s excellence across several of our core life sciences practices, from controlled substances work to drug development, to Hatch-Waxman, to drug pricing, to medical device regulation. is the largest dedicated food and drug law firm in the country.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Food and Drug Administration approved Voxzogo (vosoritide) injection to improve growth in children five years of age and older with achondroplasia and open epiphyses (growth plates), meaning these children still have the potential to grow. director of the Division of General Endocrinology in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

For nearly 20 years, ACI’s FDA Boot Camp has been the training grounds for life sciences attorneys and executives to master the fundamentals of FDA law and regulation. Join our co-chairs Kurt R. Karst (Director, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.) and Stacy Cline Amin (Partner, Morrison & Foerster (Former Chief Counsel, U.S.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In the US, it’s against the law to use the carcinogenic color additive Red 3 in cosmetics, such as lipsticks or blush or topicals. As a result, in 1990, the agency eliminated certain “provisionally listed” uses of the chemical — meaning cosmetics and externally applied drugs. But those steps were never taken.

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Camargo

JANUARY 27, 2021

Comparing Orphan Drug, Rare Pediatric Disease, and Humanitarian Use Device Designations. Orphan Drug Designation. Where is the regulation found? 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §316 ; Orphan Drug Act. Section 529 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)/ 21 United States Code (USC) §360ff.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Food and Drug Administration today approved Cytalux (pafolacianine), an imaging drug intended to assist surgeons in identifying ovarian cancer lesions. The drug is designed to improve the ability to locate additional ovarian cancerous tissue that is normally difficult to detect during surgery. Related Information.

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