About the Author
My name is Mark Senak. I’m a lawyer and I work at the international communications firm FleishmanHillard in New York. For the past several years, I have been consulting with pharmaceutical and biologic companies that are engaged in the process of bringing new drugs to market. I have also worked extensively with an array of medical societies and patient organizations providing strategic communications counsel and media training.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
FDA Sends CBD Related Warning Letter
This week FDA sent a Warning Letter to a company engaged in marketing products containing cannabidiol (CBD) to consumers for a wide variety of uses in both humans and canines. In addition to the letter, the agency underscored their action … Continue reading
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What They Said – FDA Press Releases First Half 2019 – B.G and A.G (Before Gottlieb/After Gottlieb)
One of the many things notable during the tenure of Dr. Scott Gottlieb as FDA Commissioner was the change in communications – a change marked not just by style but substance. In fact, in a March posting here, it was … Continue reading
New Drug Approvals – A Mid-Year Assessment
During the past few years, there has been a renewed focus on facilitating the development of new medicines by providing new mechanisms to streamline the review process and get drugs to patients more quickly. The passage of the 21st Century … Continue reading
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OPDP Sends Third Enforcement Letter of the Year
The folks at the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) have been in the mood lately to make a point. You can tell because they recently issued the third regulatory action letter of the year. Many years ago this would … Continue reading
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