By Jeffrey K. Shapiro – In October 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report entitled, “Adverse Event Reporting for Medical Devices” (“OIG Report”). The OIG’s Report has not received the attention it deserves. The OIG report …
By Alan M. Kirschenbaum & Kurt R. Karst – On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) (Pub. L. No. 111-148 ). A companion bill, the Health Care Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872), which …
By Kurt R. Karst – Just one day after FDA Commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, testified last week before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies on FDA’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget request, which includes new user fees, …
By Susan J. Matthees – A new preemption decision has just come down from a California appeals court (the sixth circuit appellate district). In two consolidated cases, McGuan v. Endovascular Technologies, Inc., et al. and Johnson v. Endovascular Technologies, Inc., the appeals court upheld a lower …
By Peter M. Jaensch – On January 4, 2010, the Washington Legal Foundation (“WLF”) filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Ortho Biotech Products’ petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States, urging review of the decision in …
By Alan M. Kirschenbaum – On January 5, 2010, FDA released a “Guidance for Industry on New Contrast Indication Considerations for Device and Approved Drug and Biological Products.” The primary purpose of the Guidance is to establish a process that allows imaging device manufacturers to …
By Alan M. Kirschenbaum, Kurt R. Karst & J.P. Ellison – On Thursday morning, the U.S. Senate passed, by a 60-39 vote, H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Last weekend, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled a 383-page Manager’s Amendment to the bill. …
By Carmelina G. Allis – Earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rendered a summary order affirming the District Court’s judgment for dismissal of the case. We previously reported that FDA had moved to dismiss HiFi DNA Tech, LLC’s (“HiFi’s”) …
By Alan M. Kirschenbaum & Kurt R. Karst – Last Thursday we reported on the release by the House of H.R. 3962, the health care reform bill that will soon be considered on the House floor. As we have done with other health care reform …
By Alan M. Kirschenbaum & Kurt R. Karst – Earlier today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). The bill, which is the latest version of the House’s healthcare reform proposal and the one that will go …
By Susan J. Matthees – On October 27th, on the heels of the release of the Government Accountability Office’s report in which the Office is critical of FDA’s oversight of clinical investigators (see our previous post), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) introduced H.R.3932, the Strengthening of …
By JP Ellison – Last year we posed the question “Are the Stars Lining Up for FDA Civil Penalties?” The intervening year has not answered that question, but a recent decision from the Tenth Circuit affirming civil penalties against TMJ Implants, Inc. (“TMJI”) and its founder …
By Alan M. Kirschenbaum – Last Friday the Senate Finance Committee completed its mark-up of the “America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009.” The Committee is awaiting scoring by the Congressional Budget Office before it votes on the bill this week. Earlier we reported on the original …
By Jeffrey K. Shapiro – FDA’s Office of Combination Products (“OCP”) recently issued a proposed rule (74 Fed. Reg. 48,423) setting forth current good manufacturing practice (“cGMP”) requirements for combination products. The proposed rule does not independently establish new requirements; rather, it clarifies which set of …
By Alan M. Kirschenbaum – The Senate Finance Committee began today to mark up its healthcare reform bill, the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. In a previous post, we provided an outline of the provisions of the Chairman’s Mark that would specifically affect drug …
