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The rise of GLP-1 drugs: Transforming weight loss treatment

Bio Pharma Dive

Originally developed in the 1970s to treat diabetes, these drugs—such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro—have become headline-makers for their ability to induce significant weight loss. Understanding GLP-1 drugs GLP-1, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor modulators, mimic natural hormones that regulate insulin and appetite.

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The OTC Fee Fallout: Are Hundreds of Companies Ignoring FDA’s User Fee Requirements?

FDA Law

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Program (OMUFA) in 2020, the Agency has been pushing for modernization and self-funding of its regulatory oversight for over-the-counter (OTC) products. At least some other small OTC manufacturers exited the market following the imposition of fees.

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FDA Inspections: Lesson 1 – Interviewing Employees

FDA Law

As part of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (known as FDASIA) and later under the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (known as FDARA), a drug or medical device can be deemed adulterated if a regulated company delays, denies, or limits an inspection, or refuses to permit an entry or inspection.

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FDA Issues Proposed Order to Facilitate Minor Changes to Solid Oral Dosage Forms to OTC Monograph Drugs, but Such Changes May Come at a Price

FDA Law

To be clear, the minor changes are permitted only for OTC monograph drug products that are included in deemed final orders, and not for OTC monograph products that may remain on the market pending FDA monograph orders allowing or prohibiting such products.)

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FDA Abandons Its Defense of the LDT Rule, But is It Signaling an Increase in RUO Scrutiny?

FDA Law

As HPM argued in both the groundbreaking citizen petition Jeffrey Gibbs filed thirty-two years ago and the papers we filed on behalf of our clients, Dr. Michael Laposata and the Association for Molecular Pathology in the recent LDT litigation, the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act does not authorize FDA to regulate LDTs as medical devices.

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FDA Posts Slate of Seven Warning Letters Following Company Inspections

PharmTech

Silver Spring, MD, USA - June 25, 2022: The FDA White Oak Campus, headquarters of the United States Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Color Food Beautiful: FDA Approves Gardenia Blue and Continues Push to Phase Out

FDA Law

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gardenia Blue, a plant-based color additive, while simultaneously making clear to industry that the Agency encourages food manufacturers to accelerate their phasing out of the use of the synthetic dye FD&C Red No. By Charles D. Snow & Riëtte van Laack — On July 14, 2025, the U.S.