Our colleague John Fleder has just written an article for FDLI Update that outlines the agencies and offices that get involved in decisions to commence FDA enforcement actions, such as Warning Letters, seizures, injunctions (consent decrees), and criminal prosecutions. Mr. Fleder, who used be the …
As we previously reported, FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (“DDMAC”) has, in the past year, focused its efforts on ensuring that promotional pieces contain proper presentations of safety data and appropriate efficacy claims. Two new Untitled Letters from DDMAC, however, illustrate that …
As we previously reported, FDA has promised to accelerate its enforcement efforts against marketed unapproved drugs in 2007. Indeed, in the past month, FDA has announced two enforcement actions, and future actions are likely. In early April 2007, FDA announced that companies must stop manufacturing and …
On April 20, 2007, FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (“DDMAC”) issued a Warning Letter to Alcon Laboratories, Inc. concerning the company’s promotion of CIPRODEX (ciprofloxacin, 0.3%; dexamethasone, 0.1%) Sterile Otic Suspension in a retail sell sheet and a sales aid. FDA approved …
On April 16, 2007, Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (“CTI”) agreed to pay $10.5 million to resolve allegations of the company’s illegal marketing of TRISENOX (arsenic trioxide), a prescription drug indicated for treatment of refractory or relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia. The case arose out of a complaint …
On March 1, 2007, FDA announced that it issued 20 Warning Letters to companies marketing and distributing unapproved drug products containing ergotamine tartrate, a drug used to treat vascular headaches, including migraines. According to FDA’s press release announcing the enforcement action: In addition to marketing …
