The settlement terms are confidential, but Pfizer “acknowledged the validity of Nutrition 21’s asserted patents” and the Centrum line “may continue to use chromium picolinate,” Nutrition 21 says. The firms agreed as attorneys prepared to begin questioning a pool of potential jurors for the trial.

In an exclusive interview with Medtech Insight, Mark Leahey, president of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), said the previous four Medical Device User Fee negotiations with the US FDA have set a strong foundation for the industry and the next round of negotiations should focus on tweaking past deals that are already in place. See what MDMA's president, Mark Leahey, said about it here.

US investigators fan out to non-China inspection priorities and Secretary Azar talks supply management; warning letters hit record keeping, investigations and basic GMP compliance.