Yesterday’s FDA approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm (aducanumab-avwa), is historic and is of a magnitude that it may be harbinger for future Agency actions, especially in neuropsychiatric conditions. This has been a decision we’ve been closely following. So much so, in November, right after …
The RAPS Wisconsin Chapter is hosting a webcast on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, discussing device requirements for drug-led combination products. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s Adrienne Lenz will be the speaker. This webcast will cover U.S. FDA requirements applicable to sponsors of drug-led drug/device combination …
Every year, the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) publishes a compendium of the Top Food and Drug Cases from the previous year, as well as Cases to Watch, in conjunction with its popular Annual Conference. This year was no different. Recently, FDLI published on …
While federal efforts to address prescription drug prices are debated, states have continued to pursue their own measures that require drug manufacturers and other entities in the drug supply chain to disclose information about pricing. (See our previous coverage of such state laws here, here …
This sentiment is being exchanged by many with family, friends and colleagues looking forward to what we all hope is a near future in which we meet in person for work, play and everything else life has to offer. We at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, …
The past two weeks have seen two noteworthy developments relating to CMS’s Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) regulations. 1. PhRMA Sues CMS Challenging MDRP Rule Curbing Patient Assistance In December 2020, CMS published a final rule making several changes to the MDRP regulations. See our post …
NDA approval – that pinnacle of drug development – marks a moment of success for both FDA and the drug applicant. The regulated and the regulator, having worked together for years, place a novel or improved therapy, with adequate directions for its use, in the …
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., is proud to announce that Frank J. Sasinowski, a Director at the firm, this past Saturday was awarded by Pope Francis the “2021 Pontifical Hero Award for Inspiration” for his “unwavering advocacy for those who live with rare diseases.” The award …
On April 28, FDA issued its first Notice of Noncompliance for failure to submit required clinical trial results information to ClinicalTrials.gov. The notice was given to Acceleron Pharma, Inc., for failure to submit the required information following completion of a clinical trial evaluating the safety …
Over the past few days there’s been an avalanche of FDA-related legislation introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Some of the bills introduced are related to a House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing, titled “Addressing Anticompetitive Conduct and Consolidation in …
So-called “Pay-for-Delay” settlements, also called Reverse Payment, settlements—in which an innovator sponsor pays a generic sponsor to settle ongoing patent infringement litigation in exchange for a delay in generic market entry—have been fodder for antitrust concerns for decades (see, for example, our coverage from 2013). …
We have blogged recently about several FDA setbacks in court (here, for example). Add one more to that tally. Genus Medical Technologies secured an important victory in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday. In Genus Medical Technologies v. FDA, the Court of Appeals ruled …
There’s no question that drug pricing is one of the most important issues in health care right now, and while such pricing considerations are outside FDA’s statutory mandate, it has not stopped FDA from trying to address pricing issues through enhancing drug competition (see, for …
On March 24, 2021, Virginia became the latest state to enact a prescription drug price transparency law. Similar to other state drug price transparency laws (see, for example, our coverage here and here), HB 2007 sets forth reporting requirements applicable to health carriers, pharmacy benefit …
On March 24, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued its first advisory opinion of the year. Advisory Opinion 21-01 addresses whether the provision of a specific drug at no cost by a pharmaceutical manufacturer to a …
