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

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Members Only ContentReview of FDA’s Highly-Anticipated Draft Guidance on the 510(k) Program

Posted on July 2012 by Jonathan S. Kahan, Jennifer A. Henderson, Kelliann H. Payne, and Kirstin L. Dunham

by Jonathan S. Kahan, Jennifer A. Henderson, Kelliann H. Payne, and Kirstin L. Dunham   The Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA’s” or “the agency’s”...read more

Members Only ContentIs Lohr Still Good Law?

Posted on July 2012 by Ralph Hall and Michelle Mercer

by Ralph Hall and Michelle Mercer   For fifteen years, everyone has acted as if Lohr is the final answer to whether there is product liability preemption for 510(k) cleared devices. Courts and...read more

Members Only ContentUnderstanding the Surgical Mesh Controversy

Posted on July 2012 by Bruce Patsner, MD

by Bruce Patsner, MD   Introduction The past several years have seen a virtual tsunami of lawsuits filed against various manufacturers of different surgical mesh products inserted by physici...read more

by Alexandra S. Marzelli   Picture it:  a would-be informant, with top secret security clearance, approaches law enforcement personnel claiming to have vital information with national ...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 ContentMedical Device Regulation and Litigation Conference

Posted on July 2012 by Khara Minter, Conference Manager, Foods Team Member

by Khara Minter   FDLI recently held its first Medical Device Regulation and Litigation Conference in Washington, DC. On June 18, 2012, this boutique program brought together a diverse group o...read more