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Latest News | 3 April 2013

PhRMA, GPhA Call for Revival of Pharmaceutical Track and Trace Measures

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The 2012 passage of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) was remarkable for both the number of reform provisions contained within it and the overwhelming support it Read More...


Latest News | 12 March 2013

PhRMA, BIO, GSK Call on FDA to Alter eCTD Draft Guidance

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Some of the largest entities in the pharmaceutical industry, including pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and industry trade groups BIO and PhRMA, are weighing in on a recent draft guidance Read More...


Latest News | 20 February 2013

Report: Despite Industry Guidelines, Erectile Dysfunction Ads Viewed by Kids 102 Billion Times

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"The code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules," quipped actor Geoffrey Rush in the 2003 blockbuster, "Pirates of the Caribbean," referring to an oft-broken and morally flexible Read More...


Latest News | 25 January 2013

US Regulators Invite Industry, Public to Recommend Revisions to Liver Toxicity Guidance

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A meeting proposed by US regulators would seek to bring together the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), pharmaceutical trade industry group PhRMA, the regulatory science-focused Critical Path Read More...


Latest News | 31 May 2012

House Releases Previously-unreleased Email Exchanges Between White House, PhRMA

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A Republican-led investigation into then-secret negotiations between the Obama Administration and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has released its preliminary results, Read More...


Latest News | 23 May 2012

User Fee Bill Could be Tabled in Senate After Deluge of Unrelated Amendments

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The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) may have been deemed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to be a “must pass bill,” but that hasn’t stopped a cavalcade of Read More...


Latest News | 21 May 2012

PhRMA: Pre-Submission Advertising Guidance Violates Free Speech Rights

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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is calling for program proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be scaled back, saying the agency’s proposal to review Read More...


Latest News | 16 May 2012

Republicans Ramp up Pressure on White House Over PPACA Negotiations

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Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee announced in a 16 May statement they have obtained new information regarding the role of the White House in the 2009-10 negotiations Read More...


Latest News | 10 May 2012

As User Fee Bill Sails Through House Committee Vote, a Focus on Industry Efforts

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Reform Act of 2012, a package of proposals to both fund and reform the agency, by a unanimous vote involving 46 Read More...


Latest News | 8 May 2012

House Goes After Pharmaceutical Companies, Seeking Info on PPACA Negotiations

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An investigation by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee that began in January 2012 continues to escalate, with members of the committee directly targeting pharmaceutical companies in an attempt Read More...


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