Feb. 19, 2019 – In a move that “merits industry attention,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced last week that it had joined the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in enforcement actions against three companies advertising that their products can treat diseases like Alzheimer’s, according to a Feb. 11 post by Lesley Fair, senior attorney, […]
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Oct. 4, 2018 – According to Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Director Dr. Janet Woodcock, the FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion’s (OPDP’s) decreased number of enforcement actions is largely due to the agency’s concerns regarding First Amendment issues that have been raised in recent court rulings. Speaking at a Sept. 21 discussion […]
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Jan. 24, 2018 – In a dip from previous low-enforcement letter years, the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a total of five enforcement letters in 2017, fewer than half the number of letters issued in 2016 (11). Of the five enforcement letters sent this year, two were Untitled Letters and three were Warning […]
Read moreNov. 11, 2013 – The FDA Office of Prescription Drug Promotion’s (OPDP’s) recent enforcement actions – four Untitled Letters and two Warning Letters issues since July 1 – include a Nov. 8 Warning Letter to Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. that cites the company not for advertising or promoting its JUXTAPID capsules to physicians or consumers, but for […]
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 moreSept. 6, 2011 – The FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DDMAC) issued three Warning Letters and nine Untitled Letters in the past four months, according to DDMAC officials speaking at an Enforcement Webinar held Aug. 25. The Webinar was part of a DDMAC pilot program to allow stakeholders to better understand and learn […]
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