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Animal dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors can run afoul of FDA prohibitions against “drug” claims and receive an FDA warning letter, unless they understand how FDA regulates animal [...]

For an OTC drug marketing legal checklist, 5 legal strategy steps can propel you to market.

Cosmetic or drug? Claims matter for body sculpting and slimming products, and all health and wellness products.

False and misleading educational products incur FTC wrath, particularly when it comes to claims about training pr protecting or improving the brain, treating ADD and ADHD, and marketing to children.

Digital health advances set healthcare law on edge because health tech develops exponentially while laws grow linearly.

Is an online directory of healthcare centers a medical referral service? We’ve had several online directories of healthcare services ask us what legal rules govern their operation. Below we [...]

FTC tackles native advertising and sponsored content in an Enforcement Policy Statement on Deceptively Formatted Advertisements.

If you want to sell healthcare products online, the legal hurdles can be steep. 

Blogger Patricia Salber, MD MBA featured Understanding whether a medical app needs FDA regulation can be tricky on The Doctor Weighs In. In this videotaped interview, held at the 2015 Stanford [...]

FTC false advertising legal traps can hurt any business, small or established. Here's how to walk the compliant side of marketing healthcare products.