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  • Month: December 2018

    • Orphan Report: The GAO’s Report on Orphan Drug Designations and ApprovalsDecember 6th, 2018

      While riding out the end of this term, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) delivered to our lame duck Congress some light reading on orphan drug designations and marketing. In a report titled “FDA Could Improve Designation Review Consistency; Rare Disease Drug Development Challenges Continue,” the …

    • DOJ Slackens Focus on Individual Liability to Facilitate Corporate ResolutionsDecember 5th, 2018

      Last week, DOJ announced that it had concluded a year-long review of its individual accountability policy and that it had made changes to reflect a more efficient and practical position in its investigations of companies. As you may recall, in 2015, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally …

    • CMS Proposes Rule to Reduce Drug Costs Under Medicare Part D and Medicare AdvantageDecember 4th, 2018

      On November 30, CMS published in the Federal Register a proposed rule on Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses. This proposal is the latest in a series of CMS actions to implement the HHS Blueprint to Lower …

    • HP&M’s Anne Walsh to Moderate Panel at FDLI Enforcement, Litigation and Compliance ConferenceDecember 4th, 2018

      Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. is pleased to announce that Anne Walsh will again participate in the Food and Drug Law Institute’s (“FDLI”) Enforcement, Litigation and Compliance Conference this year.  The conference will be held in Washington, DC on December 12-13, 2018.  As a member …

    • Medical Device Enforcement and Quality ReportDecember 3rd, 2018

      In light of recent criticism of FDA’s oversight of medical devices, it is curious why FDA did not release a report touting the success of its enforcement activities with the same fanfare as its report on its plan to modernize the 510(k) program, which we reported …