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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight. Pharmacy benefits managers would be further required to pass on 100 percent of rebates received from drug manufacturers to the health benefit plans for which they provide services. What Happened: The bill was signed into law by the Governor on 4/15/2025.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) COMMITTEE On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Senate HHS Committee heard a series of health care bills: S.F. 2403 ( Representative O’Driscoll ): On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee heard H.F. Highlights follow. Read a summary of S.F. Read a summary of S.F.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

The product manufacturers and vendors will need to be active partners as well. member.services@mygreendoctor.org The post Green Practice News: May 2025 first appeared on My Green Doctor. AP News At My Green Doctor, we believe environmental sustainability should be part of every healthcare conversation—and every clinic’s business plan.

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FDA Issues Proposed Order to Facilitate Minor Changes to Solid Oral Dosage Forms to OTC Monograph Drugs, but Such Changes May Come at a Price

FDA Law

Comments to proposed order OTC0000037 must be submitted by August 4, 2025, and comments to proposed order OTC0000038 and the accompanying draft guidance must be submitted by October 3, 2025. The suitable reference product must be a capsule or tablet that is swallowed.

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The Great RIF(T): One FDA Division’s Destruction and What it Could Mean for Generic Drugs

FDA Law

Since 2019, when DPD took over this process, the Division has published more than 600 ANDA withdrawals at the request of generic drug manufacturers. This facilitated generic manufacturers access to samples of brand-name drugs not readily available through normal market channels for generic drug development.

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FDA’s New Priority Voucher Pilot Program Has Landed: CNPV

FDA Law

Livornese — After teasing a new rapid review pilot program for the past few weeks, on June 17, 2025, FDA officially announced the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (“CNPV”) program to expedite new drug and biologic (but not device or drug-device combination product) reviews. Tobolowsky & Michelle L. Butler & Deborah L.

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FDA Begins Granting Advanced Manufacturing Technology Designations

FDA Law

Schwartz In early April, Cellares became the first company to announce receipt of an Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) designation from FDA. The types of supporting data and information to include with a request depend on the specific method of manufacturing and its proposed context of use.