Monthly Archives: December 2016

Additional Untitled Letters Issued by OPDP

It has been a rather extraordinary month for watchers of the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) in that while the office has issued very little enforcement during the bulk of the year, December has been making up for it. … Continue reading

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Weekly Roundup 12.16.16

It has been a while since there has been a Weekly Roundup posting, primarily because FDA has been fairly quiet of late. In fact, during October the agency issued only 3 press releases and the same for November. Certainly lots … Continue reading

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OPDP Makes a Point on Risk Info and DTC (Updated)

The Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) has been particularly low-key this year when it comes to visible enforcement actions expressed through the issuance of Warning or Untitled letters. Up until this week, the office had issued only 5 letters … Continue reading

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FDA – Fewer Approvals, Less to Talk About in 2016

As the year ends, it is time to look back at what has occurred during the year and what hasn’t. Let’s begin with approvals. I noted recently in a Tweet that during the months of October and November, FDA had … Continue reading

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New Directions for FDA, Part 2 – Regulatory Matters

In Part 1 about change facing FDA, we looked at the 21st Century Cures Act and some of the change that would be in store for FDA. But in this post-election cycle, there is more than pending legislation that could … Continue reading

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