The 21st Century Cures Act enacted the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation in recognition of the growing importance of regenerative therapies. Qualifying for RMAT designation conveys significant...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft guidance on obtaining "Qualified Infectious Disease Product" (QIDP) designation for antibacterial and antifungal drug candidates intended to treat serious or...more
Life Beyond FDA Clearance or Approval: The Reimbursement Challenge -
To medical device manufacturers, winning premarket approval or 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is only half the battle....more
1/11/2018
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Health Insurance ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
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Factoring in Human Factors -
According to a recent British Medical Journal research report, the mean rate of death from medical error in U.S. hospitals is estimated to be over 251,000 people per year. Though many medical...more
When a new drug is first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug is entitled to a period of market exclusivity. For a subset of these new drugs, the FDA will determine that the product has the...more
On July 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its holding in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., 2015-1499 (Fed. Cir. 2015). The Federal Circuit's decision is the latest development in the long-running...more
7/24/2015
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Biosimilars ,
BPCIA ,
Commercial Marketing ,
Counterclaims ,
Disclosure ,
First Impression ,
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Notice Provisions ,
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Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Sandoz v Amgen ,
Unfair Competition
Drug Approval and Patent Listing Process -
Before being allowed to market a new drug1 in the U.S., branded drug manufacturers must submit a new drug application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and...more
In This Issue:
- The Rise of Companion Diagnostics in Personalized Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities
- Department of Justice Imposes More Than $110 Million in Fines on Medical Device Makers
- Life...more
6/24/2015
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Diagnostic Tests ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equity Financing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Human Genome Project ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Myriad ,
Patent Infringement ,
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Venture Capital
On May 28, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated and remanded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) administrative decision denying five years of new chemical entity exclusivity for Amarin...more
On March 19, 2015, Judge Seeborg of the Northern District of California handed a significant victory to Sandoz's efforts to bring the first biosimilar product to market by denying Amgen's partial judgment on the pleadings and...more
On March 9, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance that allows for the use of electronic informed consent (eIC) in human clinical trials. eICs have the potential to...more
On January 8-9, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hosted a workshop to solicit public feedback on its proposed Framework for Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs). As background, the FDA...more
On July 31, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "pre-published" its proposed new plan to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs). In letters to the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, the FDA...more
Fixed-dose combination drug products are becoming increasingly important in the treatment of patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and infectious disease. Within the last two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug...more