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DEA Concurs: Marijuana Meets Schedule III Criteria

FDA Law Blog

29, 2023). FDA/HHS Analysis, 2023 FDA/HHS last conducted an eight-factor analysis of marijuana in 2016 and concluded that marijuana continued to meet schedule I criteria. Unlike its 2016 analysis, FDA’s/HHS’ 2023 analysis considers marijuana to have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S. Letter to U.S.

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Joint Basis for FDA/HHS Marijuana Rescheduling Recommendation Unveiled

FDA Law Blog

Houck — In August 2023 the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) reschedule marijuana from schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. By Larry K. 21 U.S.C. § 802(16)(A). 21 U.S.C. § 802(16)(B).

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

Recall that the funds provided under the Prescription Drug User Fee Acts (PDUFA) are not available to support the agency’s efforts related to monograph drugs.) This is because the presumption that manufacturers can unilaterally make substantive changes to the labeling of an OTC Monograph drug product is false.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve covered psychedelics on the podcast beforefirst in 2019 with Ira Byock, where we explored their potential role in medicine , and then again in 2023 with Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, and Theora Cimino, focusing on the reasons to approach psychedelic use in patients with caution.

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law Blog

The Attorney General also released DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) opinions providing the rationale and support for the NPRM. 29, 2023) (“Basis”); NPRM at 44,603. In 2023, HHS conducted a different approach, a two-part test, to determine whether marijuana has a CAMU. 44,597 (May 21, 2024). Basis at 61; NPRM at 44,615. *

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Senator Durbin Has Questions About FDA’s “Operational Capacity” to Oversee DTC Prescription Drug Advertising Amid Workforce Reductions – Don’t We All?

FDA Law Blog

Senator Durbins letter references a January 2023 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association, which found that more than two-thirds of drugs advertised on television were considered to have low therapeutic value. Its unclear whether there are truly regulatory gaps that require new legislation.

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

GeriPal

And when you look at the numbers, actually last year in 2023, even though we’re in a recovery phase, there were more than 75,000 deaths. And because MRNA vaccine someone nimbly manufacture, they can say hey, let’s just make a vaccine based on what’s currently circulating. So I think that’s the way I put it.