At a recent Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) conference, Arun Rao, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Consumer Protection Branch (CPB), reiterated DOJ’s “Safe Harbor Policy” with respect to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Mr. Rao’s comments demonstrate DOJ’s continued efforts to promote its corporate compliance and self-disclosure initiative, which continues to create important implications for stakeholders in the life sciences industry.
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The Boston Bar Association held its annual White Collar Crime Conference on May 4, 2023, featuring lawyers from the defense and plaintiffs’ bar and current and former prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts (Office) and the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General.
Big changes may be on the way for the life sciences industry, especially in the pharma segment, resulting from the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) proposed rule to ban employers from entering into and using noncompete provisions in employment contracts.
Over the past year and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, FDA relied on alternative inspectional tools and approaches, including remote interactive evaluations and record requests, as well as a prioritization scheme, to continue its oversight activities.
FDA recently issued its first clinicaltrials.gov notice of noncompliance to a clinical trial sponsor for failure to submit clinical trial results to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) databank. Despite having authority to issues such notices since the 2007 passage of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act (FDAAA), FDA has not previously exercised its clinicaltrials.gov enforcement authority.
The FDA announced on March 18 that it is suspending onsite routine domestic inspections in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and help flatten the pandemic curve.
With the increasing numbers of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and the declaration of a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, the pharmaceutical and biotech industries are assessing how this situation may impact business operations.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and state agencies oversee the possession and use of radiopharmaceuticals and medical devices containing radioisotopes. In this regard, the NRC recently issued two information notices in response to medical events arising from the administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
The Administration for Market Regulation of Jing’an District in Shanghai (AMR) on May 7 announced an administrative penalty decision against the Shanghai branch of a multinational pharmaceutical company for speaking fees it paid to physicians.
The US Supreme Court held on May 20 that a judge, not a jury, must decide the question of whether federal law prohibited drug manufacturers from adding warnings to the drug label that would satisfy state law.