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New FDA Proprietary Name Requirements May Affect Review Clock

The FDA may refuse to start the review clock for NDA, BLA and ANDA proprietary name submissions if they are not complete as described in a new final guidance. Read More
 

Watson Revises Generics Focus to Achieve $600 Million

Watson Pharmaceuticals has realigned its sales force following its acquisition of Arrow Group to increase its focus on urology, obstetrics and gynecology treatment areas and certain primary care markets. Read More
 

Cephalon Physician Payments Go Public Following CIA

Cephalon is disclosing payments to physicians and related entities as required by a corporate integrity agreement (CIA) it entered in a settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General.  Read More
 

Lack of Foreign MDRs Results in Warning to ELA Medical

French devicemaker ELA Medical has been warned for not reporting adverse events that occurred outside the U.S. involving the same devices it distributes in the U.S. Read More
 

Parts of FDA 2011 Budget Proposal Are Worrisome to Device Industry

The FDA’s proposed 2011 budget includes new user fees for devicemakers. Read More
 

Sebelius Highlights Inspections, Biosimilars in Congressional Testimony

Increasing inspections and creating a regulatory pathway for the approval of biosimilars are among the most important areas of the FDA’s fiscal 2011 budget request, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says. Read More
 
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Lack of Foreign MDRs Results in Warning to ELA Medical

French devicemaker ELA Medical has been warned for not reporting adverse events that occurred outside the U.S. involving the same devices it distributes in the U.S. Read More
 

Parts of FDA 2011 Budget Proposal Are Worrisome to Device Industry

The FDA’s proposed 2011 budget includes new user fees for devicemakers. Read More
 

Inspector General: More Oversight Needed of Research Conflict-of-Interest Policies

If research institutions do not voluntarily strengthen their conflict-of-interest policies and procedures, pressure for external regulations is likely to increase, HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson said as he called on the FDA and NIH to step up their oversight. Read More
 

DOE Awards Grants to Create Domestic Supply of Isotope

Two grants from the Department of Energy (DOE) may alleviate long-term shortages of a medical isotope commonly used in diagnostics, but suppliers of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) are still looking for short-term solutions. Read More
 

Diagnostic Study Results Misrepresented by Website

Bracco Diagnostics made false and unsubstantiated claims about its diagnostic agent Isovue and omitted or minimized risks on a website that based the claims on a clinical study, an FDA untitled letter says.  Read More
 

Attorneys: Court Ruling Means Trouble for Devicemakers

A verdict against I-Flow over off-label use of its pain pump could set a precedent leading to more verdicts against other pain pump makers, Robert Jenner, an attorney at the Janet, Jenner & Suggs law firm, says. Read More
 
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Watson Revises Generics Focus to Achieve $600 Million

Watson Pharmaceuticals has realigned its sales force following its acquisition of Arrow Group to increase its focus on urology, obstetrics and gynecology treatment areas and certain primary care markets. Read More
 

Cephalon Physician Payments Go Public Following CIA

Cephalon is disclosing payments to physicians and related entities as required by a corporate integrity agreement (CIA) it entered in a settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General.  Read More
 

Sebelius Highlights Inspections, Biosimilars in Congressional Testimony

Increasing inspections and creating a regulatory pathway for the approval of biosimilars are among the most important areas of the FDA’s fiscal 2011 budget request, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says. Read More
 

GSK Works With eBay to Stop Online Counterfeit Alli Sales

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is working with eBay to remove online auctions of counterfeit Alli and inform consumers about potentially counterfeit product sold on similar websites. Read More
 

FDA, PATH Agreement Could Lead to Clinical Trials for Vaccines

The FDA has entered an agreement with the nonprofit PATH that could lead to several clinical trials of pneumococcal vaccines for children in developing countries. Read More