Earlier this year, the Delaware Chancery Court approved a breathtaking $237.5 million settlement of derivative claims brought against Boeing’s board for breach of fiduciary duties regarding safety oversight. While the Boeing...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft guidance on how it will continue to conduct remote regulatory assessments (RRAs) after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends. This guidance...more
On April 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new draft guidance to industry for increasing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials. The draft guidance, “Diversity Plans to Improve Enrollment of...more
The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time. In this week's Report: Woodcock...more
On December 22, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published two draft guidance documents intended to help medical device manufacturers transition out of the temporary rules put in place for the duration of the...more
On November 15, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrew a controversial Trump-era HHS Policy Change that effectively prevented the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from reviewing laboratory-developed...more
On August 2, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule to amend its “intended use” regulations, codified at 21 CFR § 801.4 for medical devices and 21 CFR § 201.128 for drugs. This updated final...more
8/5/2021
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On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first Notice of Noncompliance to a company for failing to submit required clinical trial summary results information to ClinicalTrials.gov. In...more
On April 16, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice of withdrawal of their January 15 proposal to exempt 84 medical device types ...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new guidance for COVID-19 test developers to evaluate the impact of emerging and future viral mutations on COVID-19 tests. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has mutated over time,...more
2/25/2021
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On November 9, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final version of its guidance, Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations--Eligibility Criteria, Enrollment Practices, and Trial Designs. ...more
In Tuesday's Report: the expanding role of real-world evidence in FDA medical device submissions; President-elect Joe Biden lays out COVID-19 plan; Pfizer announces vaccine efficacy; and an analysis of material adverse change...more
On July 24, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reissued the LabCorp COVID-19 RT-PCR Test emergency use authorization (EUA) to include two new indications for use...more
On July 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new proposed rule that would require sponsors and manufacturers who provide an ‘‘eligible investigational drug’’ under the Right to Try Act to submit an...more
On June 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted updates to their Molecular Diagnostic Templates for developers that intend their assay to be used for pooled patient samples or for screening asymptomatic...more
U.S. Senator Rand Paul introduced legislation that would place laboratory developed testing procedures within the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) process and assess the availability and utilization of...more
3/30/2020
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On Wednesday, March 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the guidance “Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic."...more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the 2019 novel coronavirus is a “global pandemic” and President Trump has declared a national emergency as the impact of the virus on all aspects of daily life continues...more
3/17/2020
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On September 28, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a draft guidance document, entitled "The Special 510(k) Program," which, when finalized, will supersede the currently in effect Special...more
On August 29, 2017, FDA published a Federal Register notice with the device user fees for the Agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, which begins on October 1, 2017. Due to statutory increases, inflation adjustments and target...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released statitistics regarding its enforcement actvities for FY 2016. Of note, the number of warning letters issued by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH),...more