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Doctoring the Law: Congress May Let FDA Regulate the Practice of Medicine

The FDA Law Blog

Koblitz — Back in June, when Congress was negotiating the User Fee Acts, FDA asked Congress to add in some provisions reversing several lawsuits that it had just lost. Ultimately, FDA lost that fight, and a slimmed down version of the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (“FDASLA”) passed without those sections.

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RFID: The future of smart labelling?

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided guidance for the use of RFID in the drug supply chain and to standardise the data format. In 2020, Fresenius Kabi introduced their first RFID-enabled medication, Diprivan +RFID. RFID is an important facet of smart labelling and its evolution, but not the only one.

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FDA Finalizes Guidance Re Enforcement Policy for Homeopathic Drugs

The FDA Law Blog

By Riëtte van Laack — On December 7, 2022, FDA announced the availability of the final guidance regarding the enforcement policy for homeopathic drug products. This concludes FDA’s reevaluation of the regulation of homeopathic drugs which it started in 2015. FDA denied that petition in 2019.

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Common pharma compliance concerns cited by FDA warning letters

European Pharmaceutical Review

A study of the causes of warning letters issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) between 2010 and 2020 revealed that poor current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) compliance and misbranding were the most common citations.

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STAT+: Akili abandons prescription business model, to lay off 40% of workers

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Akili Interactive, which in 2020 made waves by receiving Food and Drug Administration clearance for its video game that improves symptoms of ADHD in children, on Wednesday announced it would reorient its business around selling its products directly to users over the counter, rather than by prescription.

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US FDA approves label update for Horizon’s Tepezza TED drug

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an update to the indications and usage section of Horizon Therapeutics ’ Tepezza (teprotumumab-trbw) label to specify its use to treat thyroid eye disease (TED) patients regardless of disease activity or duration. The FDA’s approval was granted in January 2020.

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STAT+: Experts critique flawed system for monitoring drugs’ side effects in wake of asthma drug report

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Ideally, he said, the FDA should be able to both stay on top of safety concerns and avoid unnecessarily restricting access to drugs. I think there are definitely situations for many drugs where you can say, no, we’re not really at the right balance, and the FDA should be taking a more aggressive stance in promoting patient safety.