June 03, 2015
The tobacco industry's contention that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration abruptly sprang new requirements on companies to get its approval before making significant changes to product labels is a mark of growing pains in what is still a young relationship between the industry and the agency, attorneys say.
June 02, 2015
Philip Morris USA Inc. and four other big tobacco companies dropped a suit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authority to issue labeling guidance on Monday after the agency said it won't go after rebranded products before the guidance is finalized.
April 14, 2015
Philip Morris USA Inc. and five other tobacco companies sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Washington federal court Tuesday, saying its recent guidance over label changes is an abuse of discretion that infringes their First Amendment rights.