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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

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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Minnesota Proposes to Reduce Opioid Product Registration Fees Related to Hospitals

FDA Law Blog

Richardson — A recent proposed amendment to Minnesota’s Opiate Product Registration Fee appears intended to ensure continued availability of certain opiate products at hospitals. If enacted, Article 5, Section 6 of HF33 would provide for a reduction to the State’s opiate product registration fee.

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Supreme Court Finds CMS’ Reduction of Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment Rates for 340B Hospitals was Not Authorized by Statute

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule to significantly decrease the rate the government will reimburse 340B hospitals in 2018 for outpatient prescription drugs from average sales price (“ASP”) plus 6% to ASP minus 22.5%. 52494 (Nov. CMS estimated a savings of $1.6 See 42 U.S.C.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

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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The 340B Showdown: HRSA Proceeds Towards Enforcement Despite Litigation

FDA Law Blog

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), which reported that discounted purchases totaled $38 billion in 2020, a 27% increase compared to 2019. Manufacturers may choose not to participate in this program, but the federal government will not reimburse for their outpatient drugs under Medicaid or Medicare Part B if they do not.

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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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Indeterminate Change: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices

FDA Law Blog

As both these categories of changes are currently permitted via a PMA supplement, and the goal of FDORA is to provide an alternative to the need for such supplements, we would expect major changes and modifications to intended use to be permissible via a PCCP as long as the device remains safe and effective without any change.

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