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Think of the kids: New restrictions on food and drink advertising to children

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By Geoffrey Poelman, Randy Sutton & Alison Fung on May 4, 2023

Children are generally recognized by both industry and government to be a vulnerable or special audience when it comes to advertising. On June 28, 2023, a new advertising code will be coming into effect as released by Ad Standards Canada.

Think of the kids: New restrictions on food and drink advertising to children

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By Geoffrey Poelman, Randy Sutton & Alison Fung on May 4, 2023

Children are generally recognized by both industry and government to be a vulnerable or special audience when it comes to advertising. On June 28, 2023, a new advertising code will be coming into effect as released by Ad Standards Canada.

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COVID-19 Update: Pfizer vaccine fully approved by FDA

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Hannah Putnam (US) on August 23, 2021

On August 23, 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (“Pfizer”) vaccine for individuals sixteen-years-old and older. This change shifts the vaccine from emergency-use only and is the first COVID-19 vaccine granted…

COVID-19 Update: First COVID-19 vaccine approved in UK

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on December 2, 2020

On December 2, 2020 the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (“MHRA”) announced approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine.  According to a press release from the U.K. government:

This was done using a regulatory process known

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COVID-19 Update: First EUA for COVID-19 Vaccine Filing Imminent; CDC Urges Americans Not to Travel for Thanksgiving

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on November 21, 2020

On Friday November 20, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they would submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) seeking Emergency Use Authorization for their vaccine candidate.  Earlier this week, the companies announced that at the completion of…

COVID-19 Update: Progress toward a vaccine candidate

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on November 10, 2020

On November 9, Pfizer and its German counterpart BioNTech announced initial clinical results found their coronavirus vaccine candidate to be more than 90 percent effective. Pfizer will wait to seek Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”) from the US Food and…

COVID-19 Update: Biopharmaceutical Executives Release Joint Statement on Vaccine

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on September 9, 2020

Chief executive officers of nine biopharmaceutical companies signed an unprecedented joint pledge, entitled BIOPHARMA LEADERS UNITE TO STAND WITH SCIENCE, acknowledging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) role in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, and pledging…

COVID-19 Update: FDA revokes EUA for malaria drugs used as COVID-19 treatment

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on June 15, 2020

On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked emergency use authorization (EUA) for chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).  The FDA found that the criteria for issuance of the EUA are no longer met and “in light…

COVID-19 Update: FDA will use enforcement discretion for limited ventilator modifications

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Mark Faccenda (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on March 23, 2020

On March 22, 2020, the FDA released guidance describing an enforcement policy that will help increase the availability of ventilators and accessories, as well as other respiratory devices, during the COVID-19 pandemic.  FDA’s guidance would permit “limited modifications to the…

FDA Final Rule Amends Definition of “Biological Product”

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By Jeff Wurzburg (US) & Mark Faccenda (US) on March 4, 2020

On February 20, 2020 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule, revising the regulatory definition of biological products to match the definition Congress agreed to in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.  The changes…

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