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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bipartisan bills on February 11, 2016 that are intended to address abuse of opioid and other controlled substances and clarify the regulation of controlled substances.

On March 2, 2016, USDA formally issued a final rule amending the controversial country-of-origin labeling ("COOL") rule to remove beef and pork products from the requirement to indicate where animals were born...

In the July 2, 2014 Federal Register, FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine issued several notices related to approval actions and a withdrawal.

The emergency rules will remain in effect until October 21, 2016, unless superseded by a Notice of Final Rulemaking.

Hydrocodone with acetaminophen has been the most widely prescribed drug since 2007, with more than 135 million prescriptions written in 2012.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has published a final rule to implement the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which was intended to mitigate prescription drug abuse by providing safe and secure mechanisms for "ultimate users" to dispose of unused or unwanted pharmaceutical controlled substances.

In December 2013, the European Commission initiated a fitness check of EU food legislation in order to identify burdens, inconsistencies, gaps, and ineffective measures, referred to as the REFIT.

CYMI over the holiday week (present company included), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a re-energized partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

FDA issued draft guidance in February that significantly departs from its historical interpretation of the five-year New Chemical Entity exclusivity provision.

The FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion has warned a Swiss drug company about statements the company made on its Facebook page.

The EMA has announced it is organizing a workshop on December 7, 2015, to discuss the approach that should be followed by medicine developers to demonstrate the significant benefit of orphan medicines over existing treatments

On November 24, 2014, EMA released a practical guide detailing the process for requesting access to unpublished documents held by the Agency.

The effective date of the revised guideline is April 30, 2015. Applicants may, however, apply some or all provisions of this guideline beginning October 29, 2014.

On March 31, 2016, a coalition of six public health and environmental organizations filed suit in the Ninth Circuit to force the FDA to act on its 2014 petition to ban perchlorate in food packaging.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced that neonicotinoid, a commonly used insecticide, harms beehives when it comes into contact with certain crops that attract pollinators.

On November 18, 2024, Samsung Bioepis announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved its aflibercept biosimilar, OPUVIZ.

Over on Reed Smith's AdLaw by Request blog, attorney Caroline Klocko discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's January 30th ruling...