Bradley Merrill Thompson, a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, was quoted in Bloomberg BNA Health Care Daily Report, in “Big Pharma Objects to New Hurdles for Off-Label Drug, Device Promotion,” by Bronwyn Mixter. (Read the full version – subscription required.)
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The FDA has 180 days to respond to a citizen petition, but the agency can respond by saying it is still considering the issue, Bradley Merrill Thompson, a Washington-based attorney with Epstein Becker & Green PC, told Bloomberg BNA in a Feb. 10 e-mail. “So the deadline really isn't terribly effective,” he said. Thompson counsels medical device, drug and combination-product companies on a wide range of FDA issues.