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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). 6, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. Zarzamora Press Release.

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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

has long disparaged certain vaccines, calling them unsafe and saying that the government officials who regulate them are compromised and corrupt. The new studies are coming at a fraught political moment. The nation’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,

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The ICH E6(R3) Guideline: A Major Update to Good Clinical Practice

FDA Law Blog

While ICH E6(R3) was still in the development phase, the FDA released a draft guidance in May 2023 in the form of the draft ICH E6(R3). E6(R3) specifically acknowledges the rise of innovative trial designs such as adaptive and decentralized methods, while also encouraging the use of electronic informed consent and remote monitoring.

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First Constitutional Challenge to FDA’s Civil Money Penalty Authority

FDA Law Blog

27, 2024), the plaintiff H&P challenged an FDA administrative complaint assessing a civil money penalty of $20,678 for H&P sale of an electronic cigarette without FDA authorization. H&P specifically relies on the Supreme Court decision in Jarkesy , as well as the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

FDA Law Blog

FDA counsels that, as is the case with any other electronic device, seemingly small, routine steps like software maintenance and updates are ways companies can address possible vulnerabilities that could lead to adverse events. More updates will follow here as trends develop in 2023.

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Logistics Unwrapped: A Roadmap to Successful FDA Meetings in In-Person and Hybrid Formats

FDA Law Blog

Inside Building 66 Upon arriving at Building 66, all visitors must present government-issued photo identification for check-in. Additionally, recent visitors did not have to scan their identification cards through an electronic machine. Green card holders will be asked to show their permanent resident card.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

This region governs essential behaviors like the circadian clock, sleep, energy balance , and feeding. Po-Ting Yeh, the studys first author, explains the challenge: "It is difficult to study the basic physiological functions controlled by the hypothalamus, which lies deep inside the brain.

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