Podcast - Hot Topics in FDA Regulation: GLP-1s, LDTs, AI and More
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 231: Advancing the Life Sciences Industry with Kendalle O’Connell of MassBio
Compliance Program Effectiveness: Keep it Streamlined and Strategic
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 26: U.S. Enforcement Trends Targeting Foreign Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers
Podcast — Drug Pricing: 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Takeaways and Outlook
Prescribing GLP-1 Medications: Be Aware of Legal Limitations
Podcast — The Growth Rocketship: How BridgeBio’s Hub and Spoke Portfolio Strategy Set the Market for the Future of Biotech — Then, Now, and What’s Next?
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Might the Trump Administration Transform FDA Enforcement Activities?
AI and Pharmacovigilance Under the FDA's New Emerging Drug Safety Technology Program – The Good Bot Podcast
Podcast — Drug Pricing: What’s in the New CMS Medicaid Final Rule?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 217: Japanese Investment in North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with David Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 3 - State AG Oversight in the Health Care Industry — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 216: Patient Advocacy and Healthcare Policy Change with Melissa Horn of the Arthritis Foundation
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 214: Pharma Manufacturing in North Carolina with Ed Hernandez of Eli Lilly
Podcast — Drug Pricing: Takeaways From the Chicago Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 209: North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with Laura Gunter of NCLifeSci
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How the Demise of Chevron Deference and Other Litigation May Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry
Understanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The PBM Landscape Explained
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 204: Accelerating Life Sciences Startups with James Chappell of SCbio
“Manufacturers are responsible for meeting all four parts of the definition of bona fide service fee before a fee can qualify as a bona fide service fee.” ...more
The future direction of the Alabama Board of Pharmacy (“the Board”) hangs in the balance following recent legislation that, if passed, would revise many portions of the state Pharmacy Practice Act. House Bill 123, sponsored...more
The European Union (EU) has approved updates to its design protection legislation to modernize the framework and support innovation across member states....more
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly hosted a public meeting of the interagency “Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Business Practices.” The meeting was a continuation of...more
Virginia’s HSA 1 Pharmaceutical Processor Permit - Effective January 1, 2024, the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (CCA) assumed regulatory oversight of Virginia’s medical cannabis program. The CCA was established in...more
Update: Health Canada’s “ Forward Regulatory Plan: 2023-2025” no longer lists some of the below initiatives, including the 2019 proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations, “Regulations amending the Food and Drug...more
NAD Won’t Rename Supplement Maker - Innovix Pharma loses on product claims but gets to keep its calling card. Nerding Out - Aside from the intricacies of advertising, advertising law, and the disputes engendered...more
Last week, FDA announced the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA) rates for the 2022 fiscal year, which runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The FDA determined these rates pursuant to the Food and Drug...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) allows a patent applicant to pay reduced fees if it qualifies as a “small entity.” Many types of filing fees are reduced by 50%. These savings can be important for companies on a...more
As we explained in a previous alert, one of the lesser-known provisions of the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was a significant overhaul of the way that most OTC drugs are regulated in...more
On March 26, 2021, the FDA updated and reissued the fee rates for the newly created over-the-counter (OTC) monograph Drug User Fee program (OMFUA) for FY2021 in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) titled “Fee Rates under the...more
On Friday, March 26, 2021, FDA published a Federal Register notice, “Fee rates under the Over-The-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program for Fiscal Year 2021,” announcing 2021 fee rates under its over-the-counter (OTC)...more
On December 29, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a Federal Register notice setting the fee rates under the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act (OMUFA) Program for Fiscal Year 2021. Reed Tech...more
On January 4, 2021, FDA unexpectedly withdrew the notice entitled Fee Rates Under the Over the Counter Monograph User Fee Program for Fiscal Year 2021 stating that it had been ordered to cease further collection efforts...more
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released their highly-anticipated final rules to modernize and...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert on Nov. 16, 2020, to highlight and warn healthcare professionals of inherent fraud and abuse risks associated...more
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharm is prepping for a possible bankruptcy filing “as it seeks to contain liability from hundreds of lawsuits alleging it fueled the nation’s opioid epidemic.” Officially, the company went on the...more
Section 18A of the South African Medicines Act (the “Medicines Act“) prohibits the supply of any medicine, medical device or in-vitro diagnostic device, according to a bonus system, rebate system or any other incentive...more
The White House released a statement of administration policy on July 12 in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2430, a bill that would reauthorize the FDA’s user fee programs, including FDA’s biosimilar...more
Gretchen Morgenson and Fair Game have had a few days to reflect on the Bayer/Monsanto deal, and with that little bit of hindsight (and a lot of history), she’s not too sure that Bayer’s stockholders are going to be thrilled...more
On August 1, 2013 a new reporting obligation under the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”) takes effect. The Sunshine Act was originally signed into law on March 23, 2010, as part of the Patient...more