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Another Mystery Solved: DEA Issues a Final Decision Revoking Morris & Dickson’s Registration: Or Has It?

The FDA Law Blog

On May 24, 2019, Morris & Dickson paid a $22 million civil penalty related to the failure to report suspicious orders and ignoring certain red flags in the distribution of controlled substances. It has continued to serve customers who have relied on the distributor to supply controlled substances and other medicine.

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Harmony’s sleep disorder drug Wakix gets US label extension

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Wakix (pitolisant) was first approved in August 2019 for treatment of excessive sleepiness in adults with narcolepsy. It is the only FDA-approved drug to treat cataplexy associated with narcolepsy not scheduled as a controlled substance by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Competition is on the horizon for costly narcolepsy treatments

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Sodium oxybate — which in the late 1980s was marketed to bodybuilders and then became known as GHB and criminally used as a date rape drug — has been sold under the brand name Xyrem after gaining FDA approval in 2002. In 2020, the FDA-approved indication was expanded to include those patients who suffer from cataplexy.

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Psychedelic research: evaluating the fast-evolving regulatory roadmap

European Pharmaceutical Review

Most psychedelic drugs are Schedule I controlled substances, which means that very strict legal and regulatory controls accompany their use” Some psychedelics originate in nature and have been used by Indigenous cultures for thousands of years; others are manipulated or manufactured. Breakthrough therapy designation.

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Does Adderall expire? What you need to know.

The Checkup by Singlecare

Labeled as a controlled substance , Adderall contains amphetamine and dextroamphetamine. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ). The FDA explains that their regulations require a proposed expiration date for medications to be approved. Pharmaceuticals have expiration dates. Adderall falls into this category.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 1)

The FDA Law Blog

156, a patent may be extended only once (even if it would be eligible for extension on more than one occasion because it applies to several FDA-approved products), and only one patent may be extended for each regulatory review period. This means that there multiple same-day FDA NDA approvals for the same drug. FDA-2020-E-1840 (Mar.

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HPM Welcomes 15-Year DOJ Veteran, John W.M. Claud, to the Firm

The FDA Law Blog

He also held leading roles in DOJ’s response to multiple significant national health crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019 EVALI vaping crisis, and the 2012 New England Compounding Center fungal meningitis outbreak.