In 2010, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communications (DDMAC) issued a total of 52 enforcement letters to pharmaceutical and biolog...read more

By the time you read this, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have received hundreds of “substantial equivalence” applications from tobacco manufacturers covering all products ...read more

Members Only Content“A-Twitter” With Anticipation: Industry Keeps Waiting for Social Media Guidance

Posted on May 2011 by Sarah Sansolo, Publications Assistant

“Is it really possible for FDA to keep up with Steve Jobs?” Jeffrey N. Wasserstein, Director at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., asked this as he introduced a panel of social media ...read more

Members Only ContentThe Backbone of FDLI – Our Volunteer Committee Members

Posted on May 2011 by Erin Jones, Senior Director, Marketing and Membership

It’s Thursday, April 7th as I am writing this – a little footsore from wearing high heels for the past three days at the 2011 FDLI Annual Conference. Although these types of meetings ca...read more

Members Only ContentLetter from the Editor

Posted on May 2011 by Michael Levin-Epstein, Editor-in-Chief

Tobacco, as a new addition to the realm of FDA regulation, is also new to FDLI. Since President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Update and the Food and Drug Law ...read more

Members Only ContentHigh Risk: Government Accountability Office Leaders Advise FDA

Posted on May 2011 by Aliza Yudkoff Glasner, Editor

Since 2007 and 2009, respectively, oversight of food safety and medical products have been included on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) high risk list. The GAO, an independent nonpar...read more

Members Only ContentHamburg Speaks about Innovation at FDLI Annual Conference

Posted on May 2011 by Abby Foster, Managing Editor

“For FDA, innovation is not just about new ideas, but it is about making sure that those new ideas truly translate into the products and opportunities that people need and count on,” Co...read more

Members Only ContentPatent, Globalization and Communication Challenges Ahead for CDER

Posted on May 2011 by Jenny Kane, Special Projects Manager

“We are making progress,” Janet Woodcock, Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at FDA, said during her remarks, reflecting on the past year and outlining the C...read more

Members Only ContentRoundtable Discussion with Association CEOs Trade Association Panel

Posted on May 2011 by Aliza Yudkoff Glasner, Editor

The cornerstone panel of FDLI’s 2011 Annual Meeting was a roundtable discussion with CEOs of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated industry. Led by Susan C. Winckler, FDLI’s ...read more

Anecdotal reports of the potential health effects of tobacco consumption date back to at least 1604 with King James’ prescient treatise “A Counterblaste to Tobacco,” which describ...read more