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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

This isn’t just about saving the planet—it’s also about saving money, protecting patients, and strengthening our healthcare systems from the inside out. Dilating and anesthetic eye drops are routinely offered to patients in most ophthalmology clinics. Now, more than ever, they must also become champions of planetary health.

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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

Cost-sharing interventions and patient education can help improve access to GLP-1 receptor agonists for patients with obesity, according to an abstract presented at the AACE Annual Meeting 2025. In addition, she received counseling on medication use, lifestyle changes, and nutritional goals.

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A Chihuahua or a Muffin? FDA Announces Plans for Aggressive Use of Artificial Intelligence

FDA Law Blog

Javitt On May 8, 2025, FDA announced the successful completion of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) scientific review pilot program aimed at accelerating the review process and an aggressive timeline to rollout the use of AI tools across the Agency. By Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Lisa M.

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FDA Abandons Its Defense of the LDT Rule, But is It Signaling an Increase in RUO Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

Mullen At midnight on Friday, May 30, 2025, the governments deadline to notice an appeal from the U.S. Those in the lab industry and the physicians and patients who rely upon LDTs are sure to be breathing a well-deserved sigh of relief over this development. By Steven J. Gonzalez & Allyson B.

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Ep. 68: Hidden risks of prescribing GLP-1 drugs with Ericka L. Adler, J.D., of Roetzel & Andress

Physician's Practice

of Roetzel & Andress June 9, 2025 By Austin Littrell Fact checked by Keith A. 68: Hidden risks of prescribing GLP-1 drugs with Ericka L. 68: Hidden risks of prescribing GLP-1 drugs with Ericka L. 68: Hidden risks of prescribing GLP-1 drugs with Ericka L. 68: Hidden risks of prescribing GLP-1 drugs with Ericka L. Adler, J.D.,

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FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

FDA Law Blog

MDR FDA discussed a few preliminary steps that it says laboratories should take prepare for submitting MDRs as medical device manufacturers. SCG : Modified version of another manufacturer’s FDA-authorized test within scope described in preamble to LDT Final Rule. is it the lab itself, the healthcare provider, or the patient?).

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CMS Proposes Rule to Implement Mandatory Medicare Part B Discarded Drug Rebates

FDA Law Blog

An example of such a drug is a single-use vial of an injectable cancer drug that is dosed based upon weight, and therefore might not be entirely used for a lighter weight patient. The manufacturer responsible for paying the refunds will be the company whose NDC is on the label.