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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Health Canada Consults on Pathway for Health Products Containing CBD

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Health Canada recently announced that it is exploring a regulatory pathway that would allow products containing cannabidiol (“CBD”) to be purchased without a prescription. Under the current regulatory scheme, all health...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Recent DOJ Enforcement Actions Signal New Trend Toward Targeting Black Market Prescription Drug Diversion

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A couple of recent large-scale enforcement actions suggest that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) may be placing increased emphasis on targeting black market prescription drug diversion. This is when pharmaceutical...more

Cozen O'Connor

Purdue Pharma to Pay $7.4 Billion to Settle Thousands of Opioid-Related Lawsuits

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New York AG Letitia James, along with a bipartisan coalition of 15 other state AGs and additional parties, has reached a settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, Inc., to resolve...more

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

FDA Issues Five Warning Letters to Makers of Knockoff GLP-1 Drugs

On December 17, 2024, the FDA published five (5) warning letters previously issued to makers of knockoff GLP-1 drugs. Four of the five warning letters were to companies (specifically, Xcel Research, Prime Vitality, Summit...more

Polsinelli

FDA Issues Exemptions from November 27, 2024 Compliance Deadline for Updated DSCSA Requirements

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On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement granting additional exemptions from its November 27, 2024 deadline for compliance with certain product transaction requirements.  The exemptions followed...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Podcast: The Legal Battle Over Mifepristone - Diagnosing Health Care

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to preserve access to the prescription abortion drug mifepristone. However, while the case continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the future of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: March 2023 #3

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This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Quality Agreements for FDA-Regulated Products: Looking Under...

AGG is proud to introduce our newest podcast series titled “I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues.” Each month, we will release a new podcast where different members of our Food and Drug practice...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 3rd Annual Summit on Controlled Substances – Regulation, Litigation, and Enforcement - July 21st-22nd, 9:00...

Be part of one-of-a-kind, interactive virtual conference where stakeholders can gather with peers, discuss challenges, and walk away with tailored strategies for overcoming these challenges. As our nation continues with...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

5 Key Reasons to Ensure Ongoing Compliance with State Distributor Licensing Requirements

Manufacturers and other drug developers should be cognizant of the fact that proper licensing is required in order to distribute prescription drugs. The process for obtaining a license to distribute often requires an...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Settlement Reached in the First Federal Opioids Trial

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This post is an update from our earlier blog post, available here, on the bellwether federal opioids trial in the Northern District of Ohio.  Just hours prior to the start of the trial in a consolidated case involving two...more

ArentFox Schiff

FDA issues guidance for industry on wholesale distributor verification requirement for saleable returned drug product

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FDA issued a Compliance Policy delaying enforcement of the DSCSA’s saleable returns verification requirement by one year. So now, instead of wholesale distributors having to comply by November 27, 2019, FDA will exercise...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

DEA Enforcement Trend: Distributor Executives Criminally Charged in Opioid Epidemic

In a second criminal case against a pharmaceutical distributor and its executives this year, the Department of Justice has accused Ohio-based Miami-Luken and its former President and Compliance Officer of conspiring to...more

Hogan Lovells

DEA launches new ARCOS enhancement to help manufacturers and distributors "know your customer" and detect suspicious orders

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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced last week that it launched a new tool for its Automated Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS) Online Reporting System that "will allow DEA-registered...more

Morris James LLP

Delaware Superior Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division Declines to Dismiss Delaware Attorney General’s Claims Against...

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State of Delaware ex rel. Jennings v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., C.A. No. N18C-01-223 MMJ CCLD (Del. Super. Feb. 4, 2019). In January 2018, Delaware’s Attorney General filed an action against certain opioid makers and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Blame Game: Senators Clash with the Trump Administration

Why are prescription drug prices so high in the U.S.? While this question can hardly be considered a new topic in American healthcare, the recent clash of words between the Trump Administration and Democratic Senators has...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Delays Enforcement of Prescription Drug Product Identifier and Related Requirements

Facing pressure from stakeholders and technological realities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has again delayed its enforcement of parts of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). As we discussed in a prior post,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Releases First Wholesaler and 3PL Facility Licensure Data to the Public

Last week FDA took another important step in implementing the complex and interlocking provisions of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). We have previously discussed the new Federal drug traceability requirements and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Drug Distributor and Pharmacies Obtain Partial Dismissal of State and Federal FCA Claims

On June 10, 2014, a New York federal court dismissed, in part, state and federal False Claims Act (FCA) claims brought against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and pharmacies to which it distributed (CVS Caremark Corp.,...more

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