AMA, 10 Other Medical Nonprofits Tell Court FDA Is Abdicating Its Obligations

Mealey's (August 6, 2018, 2:54 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — In a July 17 amicus brief in support of a July 10 motion for summary judgment by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and others, 11 nonprofit medical and research organizations — including the American Medical Association (AMA) — accused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of unduly delaying its premarket review of newly deemed tobacco products, putting “a full generation of adolescents” at risk for “a lifetime of addiction” (American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al., No. 8:18-CV-883, D. Md.)....