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News on FDA’s Quality Management Maturity Program-Maturity to Continually Improve and to not be Reactive

FDA Law Blog

Brevig, Senior Regulatory Device and Biologics Expert — In January 2023, FDA published a paper summarizing its lessons learned from two pilot Quality Management Maturity (QMM) Pilot Programs, such as best practices for conducting QMM assessments and developing the QMM scoring system. By Holly N.

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Approaches for Quelling Stigma related to COVID-19

BMJ

As previous research has found, providing factual information helps tremendously in addressing misconceptions and myths about infectious diseases, the latter of which can seriously undermine implementation of preventive measures. Psychological health during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic outbreak. Scholars such as Wen et al.

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The Incredible Shrinking Exemption: FDA Final CDS Guidance Would Significantly Narrow the Scope of Exempt Clinical Decision Support Software Under the Cures Act

FDA Law Blog

Javitt — On September 28, 2022, the FDA issued the long anticipated final Clinical Decision Support Software Guidance (CDS Guidance), which replaces the revised draft guidance document from 2019. The guidance provides no rationale for hinging the device status of CDS software on the frequency with which medical information is collected.

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Three Entities (and a Part Owner and Pharmacist in Charge) Likely Must Swallow A Bitter PIL for Their Role in the Opioid Crisis; But … For Now, The District Court Denies Government’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

FDA Law Blog

attorneys’ offices since 2019, the Complaint seeks monetary and permanent injunctive relief ( see 21 U.S.C. §§ 832(f)(1) and 882(a)). Specifically, the Government filed the Complaint for a permanent injunction, and then moved for a preliminary injunction seeking an order to immediately stop defendants from handling and dispensing controls.

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Corporate Liability from Employee Diversion: Costly on Many Fronts

FDA Law Blog

This matter is the latest in a recent string of large monetary settlements between the government and health care providers involving employee diversion. Lax Controls Provided Employees with Opportunity to Divert. In short, the employees were provided the opportunity to not only commit the crimes but that they went undetected.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

Clinical treatment facility” is defined as “a medical setting, other than a hospital, that provides detoxification, risk reduction, outpatient treatment and care, residential treatment, or rehabilitation for substance use, pursuant to licensure or certification under State law.” 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added).

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

Clinical treatment facility” is defined as “a medical setting, other than a hospital, that provides detoxification, risk reduction, outpatient treatment and care, residential treatment, or rehabilitation for substance use, pursuant to licensure or certification under State law.” 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added).