02 Jan, 2024 FDA Issues New Rule and Guidance on DTC Prescription Drug TV and Radio Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum As 2023 came to a close, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new rule on direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising...
18 Jan, 2023 Federal Court Vacates FDA Rule Requiring New Cigarette Health Warnings By Jeff Greenbaum For more than 50 years, the federal government has required health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising. Originally, the law...
02 Oct, 2022 FDA Proposes New Definition for "Healthy" By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration proposed a new rule that would revise when the term "healthy" can be used on food...
20 Sep, 2022 Planning to Cook Your Chicken in Cold Medicine? FDA Issues Warning About Dangerous Social Media Challenges By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Food & Drug Administration just issued a warning about social media challenges that encourage people to misuse nonprescription...
08 Sep, 2022 Juul Labs to Pay $438.5 Million in Multistate Settlement Over Deceptive Sales and Marketing Practices By Kate Patton Juul Labs has agreed to pay $438.5 million to resolve a two-year bipartisan investigation by 34 states and territories into the...
29 Apr, 2022 FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is proposing to ban the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes and all...
05 Mar, 2022 FTC, DOJ, and FDA Sue Herbal Tea Marketer Over COVID-19 Treatment Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration jointly sued a marketer of herbal tea,...
13 Jan, 2022 FDA Revokes Standard of Identity for French Dressing By Jeff Greenbaum In December 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed to revoke its definition and standard of identity for French dressing,...
24 Dec, 2021 For the First Time, FDA Authorizes Marketing of Cigarettes as a Modified Risk Tobacco Product By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has authorized the marketing 22nd Century Group's "VLN King" and "VLN Menthol...
10 Dec, 2021 FDA Issues Warning Letters to Vaping Companies By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to several companies selling vaping products containing vitamins or...
10 Sep, 2021 FTC and FDA Send Cease & Desist Letters Over Diabetes Treatment Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent cease and desist letters to ten companies, telling them to...
26 Aug, 2021 FDA Cautions Marketers About the Use of Deceptive Imagery in Prescription Drug Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research recently released the results of a study that it...
27 May, 2021 FTC and FDA Issue Warning Letters Over Marketing of Fertility Products By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration sent letters to five companies, warning them that they may be making...
23 Mar, 2021 Is it Prohibited by the FDA or is it Protected Speech? By Wendy Schechter As part of its continued policing of COVID-19-related health claims, the FDA has sent a warning letter to Dr. Joseph Mercola and...
25 Feb, 2021 FDA Cracks Down on Supplement Makers Selling Mental Health Relief By Terri Seligman You may not be selling cures for COVID, but if you’re selling dietary supplements that purport to provide treatment for COVID-induced...
20 Dec, 2020 FDA Proposes to Say "Au Revoir" to Standard for French Dressing By Jeff Greenbaum Although officials at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration are working "around the clock" during the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect...