FDA Given Timeline To Comply With Required Health Warning Rulemaking

Mealey's (March 7, 2019, 8:59 AM EST) -- BOSTON — In a March 5 memorandum and order, a Massachusetts federal judge directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to submit by March 15, 2020, a final rule regarding new graphic and textual health warnings to be placed on cigarette packages and advertisements — more than one year earlier than the date proposed by the agency (American Academy of Pediatrics, et al v. United States Food and Drug Administration, No. 16-cv-11985, D. Mass., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34946)....