FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 8, 2024

Rescheduling out of schedule I would allow for the medical use of FDA-approved prescription drugs dispensed by DEA-registered, state licensed pharmacies pursuant to prescriptions issued by similarly DEA-registered, state licensed practitioners. Denial of Petition To Initiate Proceedings to Reschedule Marijuana, 81 Fed.

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MARCH 25, 2024

FDA addressed the expanding practice of drug compounding in 1992 by issuing a compliance policy guide that clarified that pharmacies which compounded products at certain scales, for certain purposes, or without FDA approval were clearly operating “outside the bounds of traditional pharmacy practice.”

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Until recently, the FDA relied on a monograph process through which firms could bring OTC drugs to market without FDA approval so long as it adhered to pre-set terms under the monograph. Four comments were submitted to the docket established for the 2015 Petition.

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JUNE 16, 2023

An update on the Medical Device Quality Management System Regulation : In February 2022, the FDA proposed a new rule which would effectively transition the agency away from its longstanding Quality System Regulation (QSR) in favor of the ISO 13485:2016 standard. Read our analysis of that rule here and here. ]

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

FDA is proposing to establish the criteria by which it would evaluate drug products and categories of drug products for inclusion on the list of drug products and categories of drug products that present demonstrable difficulties for compounding under section 503A and/or under section 503B. What ever happened to that thing?

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

FDA is proposing to establish the criteria by which it would evaluate drug products and categories of drug products for inclusion on the list of drug products and categories of drug products that present demonstrable difficulties for compounding under section 503A and/or under section 503B.

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JUNE 17, 2024

As reported by POLITICO , “The decision — if allowed by the Supreme Court to take effect — would roll back actions the federal government has taken since 2016 to make the pills more accessible, including rules allowing online ordering, mail delivery, and pharmacy dispensing of the drugs.

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