July 26, 2021 – The FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) cited Amgen for making misleading claims that the delivery of its product Neulasta® through the Onpro® on-body injector is more effective than delivery through the pre-filled syringe (PFS) or is more effective than FDA-licensed biosimilars, which are only available through PFS. OPDP takes […]
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March 15, 2021 – The FDA Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) marked the 10-year anniversary of the Bad Ad Program in 2020, and kicks off 2021 with three enforcement actions – two Warning Letters and one Untitled Letter – two of which cited the Bad Ad Program as the source of complaints about potentially […]
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Oct. 12, 2020 – The FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) enforcement efforts are picking up steam following a slow start – just one enforcement letter issued between January 2020 and July 2020 – with two recent Warning Letters resulting from complaints through the agency’s Bad Ad Program. In a Sept. 22 Warning Letter […]
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Dec. 22, 2017 — The FDA recently announced that it was planning to study whether consumers and healthcare professionals have the ability to “spot and report” deceptive prescription drug promotion practices (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12-12/pdf/2017-26704.pdf). The FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP), which issued the lowest number of enforcement letters ever in 2017, appears to be looking […]
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Jan. 4, 2017 – The FDA will examine whether consumers and health care professionals (HCPs) can identify deceptive claims in prescription drug promotion, according to a notice published in today’s Federal Register. Results of the study could lead to an expansion of the FDA’s Bad Ad program to include consumer reporters. Although empirical research has […]
Read moreJan. 6, 2011 – As the pharmaceutical industry begins 2012, the FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) recommends that companies focus their efforts on many of the common problem areas faced by their competitors in the last quarter of 2011, according to OPDP Regulatory Counsel Julie Chronis. When asked by the Coalition for Healthcare […]
Read moreRead about it then comment here on our site. The FDA launched a new program Tuesday to educate healthcare providers about their role in ensuring that prescription drug advertising and promotion is truthful and not misleading. And the agency gave the outreach canadian phamacy effort an apt name: The Bad Ad Program. online jobs from […]
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