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On November 26, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced the process for clearing most medical devices for marketing is being updated to incorporate changes the FDA laid out in an April draft guidance. For over forty years, most medical devices have entered the United States market through the 510(k) clearance process. The 510(k) process offers an expedited approval process available only for products that are substantially equivalent to products already on the market (known as predicate devices). The FDA is considering no longer allowing sponsors to ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance (Draft Guidance) on July 11, 2016 that allows some generic drug manufacturers holding an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to update the label of the drug they manufacture with new safety information.  The Draft Guidance provides new clarifications and recommendations to generic drug manufacturers seeking to update a generic label after withdrawal by the name brand manufacturer of the reference listed drug (RLD) (a "Withdrawn RLD").  The Draft Guidance explains how a generic manufacturer may submit an updated ...

FDA is the subject of a lot of criticism, some deserved, and some not.  However, I don't think FDA gets enough praise when it does something right.  Therefore, I thought it was important to follow up on my previous blog and let everyone know that FDA has cleared up some of the ambiguities I mentioned there.

Specifically, on December 9th, FDA issued draft guidance making it clear that federal, and not state, law determines whether a company needs to register with FDA as a wholesale distributor or 3PL as required by the DSCSA.  This clarification likely has the greatest impact on prescription ...

Although FDA appropriately identified the need for guidance on the Effect of Section 585 of the FD&C Act on Drug Product Tracing, Wholesale Drug Distributor and Third-Party Logistics Provider Licensing Standards and Requirements; the Draft Guidance issued by FDA this month does not ask the right questions.

In November 2013, Congress enacted the Drug Supply Chain Security Act ("DSCSA") with the intent of establishing a "Uniform National Policy" for wholesale distributor and third party logistics provider ("3PL") licensure.  Congress hoped to achieve this goal by adding Section ...