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Understanding the care for older people in rural China: The role of primary care providers as "the third sphere" [Global health]

Annals of Family Medicine

To address this crisis, China has launched the National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) program in 2009, which includes several elderly care initiatives. We advise the government to engage "quasi-officials" in the "third sphere" with the primary care policy-making process in the future. However, its future remains uncertain.

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Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

NWP and TPMG are physician-led, independent Permanente Medical Groups who partner exclusively with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to provide care for their patients in Oregon, southwest Washington, and Northern California. TPMG comprises nearly 10,000 physicians in 116 specialties, providing care for 4.6 million members in California.

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The Most Engaging Decision You’ll Read All Year – Five Stars

FDA Law Blog

Koblitz — You know a court decision is going to be worth reading when the judges compare FDA’s regulatory governance of flavored e-cigarettes to a Shakespearean gaslighting. By David B. Clissold & Sara W. FDA said randomized clinical trials could be used, but so could observational studies with respect to cessation data.

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From GRP to SIUU – the Evolution of FDA Guidance on Off-Label Dissemination of Scientific Information

FDA Law Blog

By Dara Katcher Levy — Yesterday, FDA published a new Draft Guidance, “ Communications from Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products Questions and Answers ” (SIUU Guidance or Draft Guidance).

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Separating the Hype from the Hyperbole Surrounding FDORA’s Alternatives to Animal Testing under the FD&C Act

FDA Law Blog

As FDA notes in its budget request, “FDA cannot develop and implement alternative methods alone, so through this initiative FDA will expand qualification processes, provide clear guidelines to external stakeholders developing alternative methods, and fill information gaps with applied research to advance new policy and guidance development.”

Clinic 64
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I Hear You Knockin’… Preparing for and Managing DEA Inspections (Part 1)

FDA Law Blog

Recent Department of Justice (“DOJ”) press releases continue to show evidence of reported registrant civil settlements with the Government alleging recordkeeping and reporting deficiencies. Part 1 provides background and explains the scope of DEA cyclic and on-site inspections. Background. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. §

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I Hear You Knockin’… Preparing for and Managing DEA Inspections (Part 1)

FDA Law Blog

Recent Department of Justice (“DOJ”) press releases continue to show evidence of reported registrant civil settlements with the Government alleging recordkeeping and reporting deficiencies. Part 1 provides background and explains the scope of DEA cyclic and on-site inspections. Background. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. §