Over the last three years, the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) has recovered over $10.2 billion in healthcare fraud settlements, many involving pharmaceutical compan...read more

The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) quietly fired a new salvo in the battle over in-plant inspection photography when it released its 2012 update to the Investigations Operations M...read more

Members Only ContentIntellectual Property Throughout the Drug Development Lifecycle: Opportunities and Challenges

Posted on September 2012 by Raymond F. Powers, III, Pharm.D., Student Intern, Office of the Ombudsman, Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

This conference commenced from FDLI, Editor-in-Chief, Michael Levin-Epstein. FDLI’s Intellectual Property Throughout the Drug Development Lifecycle, commenced with the first of four panel dis...read more

Introduction One of the new provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”), a watershed piece of patent legislation, concerns inter partes review (“IPR”) of issue...read more

Members Only ContentDevelopments in Enforcement of Off Label Promotional Activities

Posted on September 2012 by Mark Carlisle Levy and Emily R. Schulman

Since 2009, when the second edition of Off-Label Communications: A Guide to Sales & Marketing Compliance was released, there have been many interesting and challenging developments facing drug ...read more

Members Only ContentAlternative Substantiation Standards For Promotional Claims

Posted on September 2012 by Coleen Klasmeier and Maura Martin Norden, Sidley Austin LLP

It is commonly believed that the rule for substantiating drug promotional claims is “substantial evidence,” meaning two adequate and well-controlled clinical investigations. “Subs...read more

Members Only ContentWhat You Need to Know About the America Invents Act

Posted on July 2012 by Andrew B. Ulmer and Colleen Tersmette

by Andrew B. Ulmer and Colleen Tersmette   The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”), enacted on September 16, 2011, provided a major reform to United States patent law and becom...read more

Members Only ContentThe Intersecting Worlds of Drugs, Device, Biologics, and Health Law

Posted on July 2012 by Davina S. Rosen, Esq, Conference Manager, Medical Products and Tobacco Team Member

Co-Sponsored by AHLA   by Davina S. Rosen, Esq   FDLI’s two-day joint conference with the American Health Lawyers Association ("AHLA") was designed to explore issues that food, dru...read more

by Eileen McMahon   The Internet in general, and social media in particular, is changing advertising. Drug advertising is no exception. Consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet for ...read more

Members Only ContentFDA Alumni Association Honors Usdin with Wiley Lecture Award

Posted on June 2012 by Stephanie Barnes, Editor, Foods Team Member

by Stephanie Barnes, Editor, Foods Team Member FDLI’s 55th Annual Conference hosted the presentation of the Food and Drug Administration Alumni Association’s Harvey W. Wiley Lect...read more