FDA Law

MARCH 31, 2024

As we previously blogged , the draft final LDT rule is with OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. Nevertheless, lawmakers appeared eager to pursue a legislative solution and try to force stakeholders back to the table. The FDA proposed rule elicited some strong criticism.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In 2016 , the agency issued its definitive HF guidance, guide manufacturers through human factors engineering processes during the development of new medical devices, focusing specifically on the user interface. The generation of HF data is a detailed and fairly burdensome process, although certainly short of a full-blown clinical study.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is another effort from CDRH’s Digital Health Center of Excellence to provide structure and guidance to participants across the connected device playing field, including both delivery organizations as well as manufacturers. Digital providers and manufacturers not only have the concerns of the FDA to consider, but those of the FTC as well.

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FDA Law

JULY 5, 2023

Outsourcing facilities are not exempt from FDA’s cGMP for drug manufacturers (as lightly tweaked via cGMP Guidance for outsourcing facilities ) or adverse event reporting requirements , and are subject to regular inspection by FDA. Section II at 2. Draft Guidance III.B.2(e) Draft Guidance III.B.2(d)

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FDA Law

MARCH 6, 2025

We were struck by the level of detail expected by FDA for processes related to data management, especially for data collected and used early in development to train an initial AI model, which may occur before a manufacturer decides to move forward with device development under design controls. data acquisition device).

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

To that end, FDA approved the MSN ANDA without the modified dosing regimen and with the indication “to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adult patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.

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FDA Law

APRIL 8, 2024

For generic drug manufacturing facilities specifically, the numbers are 63% and 87%. MRAP would provide oversight of an accreditation body which would conduct assessments—paid for by the manufacturer—based on criteria developed by the MRAP. HHS would then use MRAP scores in the proposed Hospital Resilient Supply Program (HRSP).

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

CMS did not finalize the price verification survey, which would have required manufacturers of 10 costly drugs selected annually to provide clinical information as well as information on production, distribution, research, and marketing costs, revenue and profit, and ex-U.S. Remarkably, manufacturers may not dispute a CMS notification.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In October 2022, FDA released the draft guidance entitled “Select Updates for the Breakthrough Devices Program Guidance: Reducing Disparities in Health and Healthcare,” as previously discussed in our blog. If FDA’s evidentiary expectations are set too high, it could undermine the intent of the new guidance.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

ENTRESTO was approved by FDA in July 2015 “to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA Class II-IV) and reduced ejection fraction.” Benefits are most clearly evident in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below normal.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

whether growing or not; its seeds; resin extracted from any part; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. “Marijuana,” subject to the rescheduling recommendation, means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., 21 U.S.C. § 802(16)(A). 21 U.S.C. § 802(16)(B).

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FDA Law

MAY 21, 2024

DEA noted that “there is considerable variability in the cannabinoid concentrations and chemical constituency among marijuana samples and that the interpretation of clinical data related to marijuana is complicated.” Basis at 24. NPRM at 44,607. Basis at 7-8; NPRM at 44,614. Basis at 24; NPRM at 44,617. NPRM at 44,617. at 44,617, 44,619.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Torres also shared that the eSTAR program, which we most recently blogged about here , is being developed with Health Canada. To paraphrase from our blog post , EUAs are triggered by an EUA declaration; FDA will publish advanced notice for an EUA declaration and provide a 180 day notice before the implementation of the transition plan.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A final OIG rule to change the structure of manufacturer rebates to Medicare Part D and Medicaid Managed Care plans and their PBMs is enmeshed in litigation and is likely to be at least postponed until 2026 (see our post ), and perhaps prevented from implementation altogether, by Congressional mandate.

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