Attorneys say it is likely that some branded drug companies will seek to withdraw non-abuse-deterrent products for reasons of safety as a means of blocking generic competition.
Federal Register Notice: FDA’s Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel will meet 7/24-25 to discuss two SpinalMotion PMAs for the Kineflex/C-Cervical Artifical Disc and the Kineflex Lumbar Artifical Disc.
CDER director Janet Woodcock tells FDLI she’s amazed by industry’s enthusiastic response to her Center’s new breakthrough therapy designations program authorized by FDASIA legislation.
Legal experts review a series of court rulings that offer greater latitude for constructing First Amendment defense against allegations of unlawful off-label promotions.
FDA says it is partnering with a number of organizations to test an agency-developed handheld device that may detect counterfeit and substandard anti-malarial drugs.
Acting associate commissioner for regulatory affairs Melinda Plaisir says FDA is rapidly moving to more reliance of foreign regulatory partners with, so far, 17 joint inspections ─ “an unprecedented step.”