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DTC Advertising

DTC Ad Drug Price Rule: Why Did HHS Choose the Wrong Regulations to Amend?

DTC Ad Drug Price Rule: Why Did HHS Choose the Wrong Regulations to Amend?

Oct. 21, 2019 — What is next in the effort to require inclusion of list prices in direct-to-consumer (DTC) promotion of pharmaceuticals? A variety of scenarios were outlined by James Czaban, chair of the FDA Practice Group at DLA Piper in Washington, during a panel at last week’s Food and Drug Law Institute conference on […]

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Courts/First Amendment

Court Rules Mandatory Drug Price Disclosure Rule Invalid, Stating CMS Lacks Statutory Authority

Court Rules Mandatory Drug Price Disclosure Rule Invalid, Stating CMS Lacks Statutory Authority

July 9, 2019 – One day before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) final rule requiring drug companies to disclose the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) or “list price” of their drugs in television ads was due to go into effect, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a memorandum opinion […]

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