By Kurt R. Karst – In a recent Complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (at Seattle), several trade groups – the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (“PhRMA”), the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (“GPhA”), the Biotechnology Industry Organization (“BIO”), and …
By Kurt R. Karst – Last week, FDA announced the issuance of a long-anticipated draft guidance document, titled “Size, Shape, and Other Physical Attributes of Generic Tablets and Capsules,” providing details on acceptable physical attribute differences between generic drugs and their NDA Reference Listed Drug (“RLD) …
By Kurt R. Karst – On December 12th, a group of bipartisan lawmakers led by Representatives Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Gene Green (D-TX) introduced H.R. 3742, the Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013 (“ADAPT Act”). If enacted, the ADAPT Act would, among other …
By Kurt R. Karst – Congress has been silent on new legislation addressing drug patent settlement agreements (aka “reverse payment agreements” or “pay-for-delay agreements”) since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its June 2013 opinion in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., 570 U.S. ___ (2013). As …
By Jennifer M. Thomas – To the extent that Plaintiffs, or interested observers, hoped the District Court for the District of Columbia would seize an opportunity to take FDA to task for failing to prevent or stop drug shortages, they were disappointed by Judge Howell’s Thanksgiving …
By Kurt R. Karst – Our hopes that FDA might publish a proposed rule to implement at least some of the changes made to the Hatch-Waxman Amendments to the FDC Act by the Medicare Modernization Act (“MMA”), enacted on December 8, 2003, before the 10-year anniversary …
By Kurt R. Karst – A Complaint recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka”) against Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Par”) concerning notice of a Paragraph IV certification contained in an ANDA Par submitted to FDA for …
By Kurt R. Karst – Earlier this week, Representative Robert Hurt (R-VA) introduced new legislation – H.R. 3631, the Small Manufacturer Protection Act of 2013 – that, if enacted, would bring relief to some companies that are required to pay user fees under the Generic Drug …
By Douglas B. Farquhar – Well, that certainly didn’t take long. FDA has clearly been eager to initiate its new, clarified powers over compounding pharmacies. President Obama only signed the new act (the Drug Quality and Security Act) the day before Thanksgiving, and this morning we find …
By Kurt R. Karst – The number of citizen petitions pending at FDA concerning Hatch-Waxman exclusivity continues to pile up. As we previously reported (here and here), FDA has already been asked on three separate occasions in 2013 to recognize 5-year New Chemical Entity (“NCE”) exclusivity …
By Kurt R. Karst – “Oddities” are not the sole domain of the world of antiques and other rarities (for those of you who are fans of the television show that focuses on the day-to-day operation of Obscura Antiques & Oddities). Food and drug law – …
By Kurt R. Karst – In what appears to be the first dismissal (Docket No. FDA-2012-E-0491) of a Patent Term Extension (“PTE”) application in what has been referred to as a “reverse Photocure” scenario, the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has determined that U.S. Patent No. …
By Karla L. Palmer – As reported here yesterday on the track and trace provisions, after many months of legislative maneuvering and various iterations emanating from both the House and Senate, the Senate passed without amendment and by voice vote H.R. 3204 – the “Drug Quality …
By Jessica A. Ritsick & William T. Koustas – Over 25 years ago, the Prescription Drug Marketing Act ("PDMA") was passed. The PDMA called for implementation of a national system to follow prescription drugs through the supply chain. After years of talking about it (see here), …
By Jessica A. Ritsick & William T. Koustas – At this year’s Health Care Distribution Management Association (HDMA) annual track-and-trace conference, most minds were focused on one thing: the potential passage of H.R. 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act, which would mandate a uniform, national, interoperable electronic …
