May 4, 2020 – An important part of protecting the public health during the COVID-19 pandemic is making sure that the marketing of treatments or remedies that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat the virus is stopped before consumers waste their money or potentially are harmed by these products. […]
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April 13, 2020 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responding to the challenges of COVID-19 in new ways that streamline product review and policy approaches, while also ensuring that entities promoting unapproved products that claim to be effective against the virus do not go unchecked. Last week, the FDA and the Federal Trade […]
Read more April 30, 2019 – In its first enforcement letter of 2019, the FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) asserts that an article posted on a sponsor’s website misbrands the investigational drug “Sodium Acetate C-11” (11-C Acetate) because it suggests in a promotional context that the drug is safe and effective for the purpose for […]
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