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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Compounding and GLP-1s: What To Expect When GLP-1 Drugs Are Removed From FDA’s Drug Shortage List

What Are GLP-1s? Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, also known as GLP-1 drugs, are a class of medications that mimic the action of the glucagon-like peptide-1 hormone, which is involved in the regulation of blood...more

Alston & Bird

Feds Continue to Reform Approach to Regulation of Biotech Products

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Our Food & Beverage and FDA teams explore a plan from a trio of federal agencies that seeks to implement regulatory reform and update the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 3, July 2024

Welcome to our third issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! We are winding down the summer with our talented group of law students and they have continued to research and write, shadow...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FDA Publishes Proposed Rule on Sections 503A and 503B Compounding

On March 20, 2024, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule titled Drug Products or Categories of Drug Products that Present Demonstrable Difficulties for Compounding Under Sections 503A or 503B of the...more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q2 2024 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Nucleus: Life Sciences Enforcement and Regulatory Updates - March 2024

Circuit Split Widens Over AKS-Based FCA Causation Element - The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) continues to form the basis of hundreds of millions of dollars of annual recoveries for the government under the federal False...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new Innovation in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Nucleus: Life Sciences Enforcement and Regulatory Updates

In this issue of our newsletter on developments impacting the life sciences industry, we examine topics including how the increased DOJ and FDA focus on cybersecurity issues could lead to new theories of False Claims Act...more

Jones Day

FDA Announces Proposed Rule Regarding Laboratory Developed Tests

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The highly anticipated rule, which would make explicit that LDTs are medical devices subject to FDA oversight, proposes to end the agency's general enforcement discretion approach to such devices....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FDA Revises Guidance Concerning Scientific Communications to HCPs about Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a long-awaited revised draft guidance on October 23, 2023, which focuses on communications to healthcare providers (HCPs) regarding scientific information on unapproved uses...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule To Regulate Laboratory-Developed Tests

On September 29, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule that would end its long-standing policy of enforcement discretion with respect to regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) (the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FDA Publishes Groundbreaking AI/ML Medical Device Draft Guidance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has announced its first-ever draft guidance specifically addressing the use of artificial intelligence/machine learning (“AI/ML”) in medical devices (“Draft Guidance”).This...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FDA Revamps Guidance Concerning Use of Electronic Systems, Records, and Signatures in Clinical Investigations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published updated draft guidance for industry, Electronic Systems, Electronic Records, and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations–Questions and Answers (Draft...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

In Through the Out Door: FDA Issues Guidance on Its Importation of Prescription Drugs Final Rule

Channeling Led Zeppelin’s “In Through The Out Door,” in May 2022, the Food and Drug Administration issued a guidance for industry entitled, “Importation of Prescription Drugs Final Rule Questions and Answers (Small Entity...more

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FDA Draft Guidance for Fostering Medical Device Improvement Using the Voluntary Improvement Program

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On May 5, 2022, the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) issued draft guidance regarding the FDA’s Voluntary Improvement Program (“VIP”). The draft guidance, Fostering Medical Device Improvement: FDA...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - March 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

Roll With the Changes: FDA’s Proposed Amendments to Converge its Quality Management System Requirements With ISO Requirements

In the words of the rock band REO Speedwagon, from the 1978 song “Roll with the Changes,” “It had to happen, felt the tables turnin’.” Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration’s Device Good Manufacturing Practice...more

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FDA Proposes Changes to Medical Device Quality Regulations

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published on February 23rd, 2022, a rule proposal to overhaul medical device quality control regulation. According to the FDA, the proposed rule change would “amend the device...more

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FDA Proposes National Standards for Wholesale Drug Distributors and Third-Party Logistics Providers

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The FDA recently published a proposed rule to create national licensing standards for Wholesale Drug Distributors and Third-Party Logistic Providers....more

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FDA issues final rule clarifying its “intended use” regulations for pharmaceuticals and medical devices

The FDA issued a final rule (RIN 0910-A147) on August 2, 2021, to clarify its “intended use” regulations for pharmaceutical products and medical devices — 21 CFR §201.128 (drugs) and 21 CFR §801.4 (devices). The final rule...more

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FDA Finally Finalizes the Intended Use Rule

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Last week, FDA published its new final rule amending the “intended use” regulations for drugs and medical devices, which it hopes will “put to rest any dispute” about the agency’s interpretation of evidence relevant to...more

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In sharp rebuke to Trump Administration, HHS notice ending Unapproved Drugs Initiative is withdrawn

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On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had announced that the Department was terminating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Marketed Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI). ...more

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Biden signs bill limiting new drug exclusivity awards to innovations in active moiety

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On April 23, U.S. President Biden signed into law two bills meant to lower prescription drug prices by limiting new drug exclusivity awards and promoting biosimilars. ...more

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UPDATE: Trump Administration’s Midnight Rulemaking to Exempt Certain Class I and II Devices from 510(k) Requirement Rescinded

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In a not-so-unexpected turn of events, the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rescinded a notice issued by the Trump administration’s HHS...more

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Biden Administration Halts Proposal to Exempt Some Class II Devices Currently Subject to Enforcement Discretion from 510(k)...

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In one of the last proposed notices from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Trump administration, HHS removed the 510(k) premarket notification requirement for seven types of gloves and proposed...more

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