Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Following up on our colleagues’ post earlier this month covering the Food and Drug Administration’s 2020 device law and policy activities, this post will explore prescription drug and biologic law and policy developments over the past year. We’ll also begin looking forward into 2021 and the agency’s transition to an incoming Biden Administration. One of the highest priorities for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during this “pandemic year 1” was authorizing the use of COVID-19 medical countermeasures. Another high priority was policing fraudulent COVID-19 drugs, preventative products, herbal cures, and even vaccines (not to mention fake test kits, personal protective equipment, and other things regulated as medical devices). As of December 18, 2020, FDA had sent more than 150 warning letters to peddlers of fraudulent COVID-19 products, many in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – and we expect enforcement
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California s governor picks Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris s Senate seat
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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol building in 2019 in Sacramento, California. On Tuesday, December 22, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Padilla to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ US Senate seat. California has never before had a Latino senator, despite the fact that nearly 40 percent of its residents are Latino and Padilla will change that.
“The son of Mexican immigrants a cook and house cleaner Alex Padilla worked his way from humble beginnings to the halls of MIT, the Los Angeles City Council and the State Senate, and has become a national defender of voting rights as California’s Secretary of State. Now, he will serve in the halls of our nation’s Capitol as California’s next United States Senator, the first Latino to h