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The FDA Ramps Up GMP Inspections

Dot Compliance

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, during fiscal year (FY) 2019 (October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019), the FDA conducted 7,266 GMP inspections of registered drug, device and biologics establishments. Compliance Dashboard, Inspections, FDA, accessed October 3, 2022, [link] cd/inspections.htm ).

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The Government Seeks FCA Liability for Off-Label Use of Medical Devices

Healthcare Law Blog

is a reminder that the government will use the FCA to target medical device manufacturers for off-label use of medical devices, even where healthcare providers have decided the use is safe and effective. The FDA even required warnings on the probes’ packaging, “restricted for single person use only,” and “[d]o not re-use.”.

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Labeling of Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

Health Law Advisor

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced a much-anticipated draft guidance regarding the naming and labeling of plant-based milk alternatives. [1] The dairy industry has lobbied both federal and state governments to restrict the use of “milk” to only fluid “obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows.” [2]

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

Experts’ Views on FDA Regulatory Standards for Drug and High-Risk Medical Devices: Implications for Patient Care. A New Way to Contain Unaffordable Medication Costs – Exercising the Government’s Existing Rights. Medicaid Expenditures and Estimated Rebates on Line Extension Drugs, 2010-2018. 2022 Feb 24.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

Its longer more formal name was The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, and it created a pathway for generic drug applications to the FDA. “Among the 184 most commonly prescribed drugs in Medicare Part D in 2018, 90% could be purchased at Costco for less than $20 for a 30-day supply.”

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Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Implantable Medical Devices

HIT Consultant

That number more than doubled from 2018 to 2021, marking an unfortunate milestone — and indicating the issue will continue worsening. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Government Accountability Office, each medical device has an average of 6.2 Jude Medical had a critical flaw. According to the U.S.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Issues Draft Guidance Updating Good Clinical Practices 

Hall Render

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released draft guidance (“Draft Guidance”) updating Good Clinical Practices (“GCPs”) recommendations for interventional clinical trials involving human subjects. The last version of GCP guidance, known as E6(R2) Good Clinical Practice: Integrated Addendum to ICH E6(R1) , became effective in March 2018.

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