The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Researchers in 2019 developed a machine learning method to accurately quantify immune cells in the vicinity of oral cancer cells. Smart toothbrush While AI helps dental professionals provide better treatments, smart toothbrushes enable all of us to take better care of our teeth. And there are so many such devices on the market.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Regulating LDTs: A Long and Winding Road In what might sound to some like protesting too much, the PR invokes FDA’s longstanding assertion that IVDs “manufactured” by laboratories are medical devices and that clinical laboratories that develop tests are acting as manufacturers.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In its petition filed earlier this month, Pfizer challenges HHS’s interpretation of the AKS as “staggeringly overbroad,” contrary to the congressional intent behind the AKS, and a threat to “almost any activity that facilitates patient access to federally funded healthcare.” Background.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reminding patients and health care providers that the safety and effectiveness of robotically-assisted surgical (RAS) devices for use in mastectomy procedures or in the prevention or treatment of breast cancer have not been established. In this safety communication, FDA states: The U.S.

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FDA Law

JUNE 15, 2022

billion annually, and continued the same reimbursement cuts for 2019. In 2019, we blogged that the District Court found for the plaintiffs, holding that CMS did not have the statutory authority to make such a change without first conducting a hospital acquisition cost survey data. CMS estimated a savings of $1.6 Becerra, No.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Agency’s goal is demonstrated in its definition of patient engagement: “Patient engagement is defined as intentional, meaningful interactions with patients that provide opportunities for mutual learning, and effective collaborations.” .

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

FDA indicates that this guidance is intended to help manufacturers ensure consistent content and format of the statement of identity and strength for all nonprescription drug products, which then will allow consumers to compare products. For both draft guidances, it is unclear what induced FDA to publish these draft guidances now.

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