In a new report issued earlier this week, titled “Generic Drug User Fees: Application Review Times Declined, but FDA Should Develop a Plan for Administering Its Unobligated User Fees,” the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) examines several aspects of FDA’s implementation of the first iteration …
Although both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate are still in the midst of considering legislation – the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (“FDARA”) (H.R. 2430 and S. 934) – to, among other things, reauthorize an alphabet soup of user fee programs, including …
As we previously noted, the intersection of exclusivity and off-label promotion issues is not common, but quite an interesting issue nevertheless. The intersection of these issues was raised earlier this year when Egalet Corporation (“Egalet”) issued a press release saying that the company had received …
On June 8, 2017, after a long mark-up session, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously (54-0) passed H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (“FDARA”). The Senate version of the bill, S. 934, passed out of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee …
The Orange Book has undergone – and continues to undergo – a lot of change as a result of FDA’s October 2016 promulgation of final regulations (effective as of December 5, 2016) to implement parts of the December 8, 2003 Medicare Modernization Act (“MMA”). We …
Amgen Inc.’s (“Amgen”) nearly two-week-old lawsuit filed against FDA in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Agency’s denial of a period of 6-month pediatric exclusivity under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (“BPCA”) (FDC Act § 505A) applicable to SENSIPAR …
The drought is over! It’s been several months since we’ve seen a new dispute over non-patent exclusivity filed against FDA in a court. But with a May 25, 2017 Complaint and a Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction filed in the U.S. District …
Cue up “For The Love of Money” by The O’Jays (and theme song of The Apprentice) . . . The Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal is out! On May 23, 2017, The White House Office of Management and Budget released President Trump’s Fiscal Year …
Earlier this week, the Subcommittee on Health of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a mark-up session of several bills, including H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (“FDARA”). (The Senate version of FDARA, S. 934, passed out of committee earlier this month.) …
Since it was first published in 1980, the Orange Book has undergone a lot of change. Over the decades we’ve seen the publication transform and evolve from a paper edition to an electronic database, and now to an app (see our previous post here). Although …
In a new paper, titled “The Drug Innovation Paradox,” Professor Erika Lietzan of the University of Missouri School of Law (and a friend and fellow Hatch-Waxman addict) examines the relationship between the incentives offered under the law to develop drug products and the research and …
Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee released a “Manager’s Amendment” to S. 934, the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (“FDARA”). The 171-page Manager’s Amendment, which is slated for a HELP Committee vote later this week, includes several riders …
Every once in a while we come across an instance in which FDA’s Paragraph IV Patent Certifications List does not comport with our own 180-Day Exclusivity Tracker. Either the date on FDA’s list is different from the date we have (perhaps because of a change …
As simple as it may seem, counting can be a difficult human endeavor! You need only recall Monty Python’s Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch skit to cement that fact! Over the years we’ve commented (e.g., here) on the difficulty with counting to 60. That’s the magic …
Last week, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) filed an Amended Complaint in a case initially filed against FDA in January 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. TDCJ initially challenged FDA’s delay in determining the admissibility, into domestic …
