June 28, 2010
In May of last year, the Food and Drug Administration sent a Warning Letter to General Mills about a box of Cheerios. The problem? The FDA read the Cheerios box and didn't like what they saw when it came … Continue reading →
October 9, 2009
On September 29, the US. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that a former CEO of InterMune was convicted of wire fraud for the "creation and dissemination of false and misleading information about the efficacy of InterMune's … Continue reading →
September 6, 2007
On several occasions in the past, I have posted here on the need for pharmaceutical companies to embrace new and social media, along with several suggestions for doing so. One of the perceived barriers to the involvement of pharmaceutical companies, … Continue reading →
July 3, 2007
Following yesterday’s posting about catching up, another thing that happened last week is that a Consent Decree was issued by the FDA. The company involved was Shelhigh, Inc., which produces implantable devices. First of all, what is a Consent Decree? … Continue reading →
October 11, 2006
There are three general outcomes from submitting a new drug to the FDA for approval. First – approval, for which everyone hopes. Second non-approval, which is the obvious bad scenario. Third are approvable letters, issued by the FDA when they … Continue reading →