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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 1)

FDA Law Blog

For years after the enactment of the Hatch-Waxman Amendments the PTO interpreted the PTE statute to permit multiple PTEs, provided there are separate, but not necessarily different, regulatory review periods. See Lourie, Patent Term Restoration: History, Summary, and Appraisal, 40 Food, Drug, and Cosm. 351, 355-56 (1985). l56(d)(1).

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

I think some individuals thought there was cherry-picking of stories that made it seem like hospice is this bad thing, that it’s taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and it didn’t talk enough about the good things that hospice does. She happened to focus on some specific for-profit hospice providers.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

So classically with preparation, in individual settings or even in group settings, you have one or two people supporting people through psychoeducation, what to expect, life review. Some of them also had psychiatric or psychosocial oncology providers as well. Eric 11:35 A large dose, small dose, microdose, A large dose. Almost all.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Eric: And what do we know about the outcomes of individuals getting these procedures, especially those with cognitive issues and dementia. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . And that’s a lot easier if all providers were X waivered too. So this is 2008 when they were running this study, I’m like why did the heck did they choose buprenorphine?

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

Eric 01:44 And we’re going to be talking about the roots of palliative care, and I think importantly, not just looking back, but what does that mean for our future as hospice and palliative care providers. But before we do, I think, Justin, you have a song request for Alex. Justin 01:59 Absolutely. It’s I Got a Name by Jim Croce.

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