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Ninth Circuit Upholds FDA’s Authority to Regulate Stem Cell Clinic Treatments

FDA Law Blog

These procedures are offered to treat a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s, arthritis, asthma, cancer, etc., Court Opinion One of Defendant’s primary arguments was that its SVF treatments constituted the practice of medicine, not the manufacture and administration of a “drug” and were, therefore, not subject to FDA regulation.

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An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part I

Physician's Weekly

When Bob changed jobs, the price tag for his daughter’s medication went through the roof. In January of last year, Cole went to a Walgreens in Appleton, Wisconsin, to get refills on the medication he used to control his asthma. A few days later, he had a massive asthma attack. He left without it.