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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

Other Persistent Barriers & Potential Solutions In another article not presented at the meeting, Stephanie W. Seventeen states include anti-obesity medications under Medicaid, which provides healthcare for people with low incomes, but only nine of these have preferred drug plans that cover the newer agents.”

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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Smart toothbrush While AI helps dental professionals provide better treatments, smart toothbrushes enable all of us to take better care of our teeth. These provide real-time feedback via a companion app warning you if you are applying too much pressure, where you are brushing and even coach the user as to how to brush properly.

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Last Friday was a Good Day for Those Who Want to Litigate Against the Federal Government.

FDA Law

While in the present case, the manufacturer, retailer, and trade association were all part of the same lawsuit, nothing in the Court’s decision requires that the applicant be a party to such a challenge. Reynolds Vapor Co. , Nor does the analysis limit the statute’s scope to retailers. In Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. McKesson Corp.,

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The 6-Year Saga Finally Ends: FDA Issues Final Rule Modifying The Intended Use Regulation

FDA Law

It is a primary basis for determining if an article is regulated by FDA at all, and if so, what regulatory requirements apply. The proposal was to remove the “knowledge provision,” which had always seemed to problematically suggest that a manufacturer could be held responsible for off?label label use if the manufacturer knew about it.

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Is my Software a Medical Device? Use the Digital Health Policy Navigator

FDA Law

If you are a manufacturer of implants that go into the human body for the treatment of disease, it’s an easy yes that you are a manufacturer of a medical device. or other similar or related article” which is “intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions.”

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New Draft Guidance Provides Detailed (and Burdensome) Recommendations for Chemical Assessments to Support Medical Device Biocompatibility

FDA Law

Chemical characterization can also be useful in evaluating a change to the materials or manufacturing of a device. The draft guidance provides recommendations for collection and reporting of chemical characterization data and discusses the topics of information gathering, test article extraction, chemical analysis, and data reporting.

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

FDA Law

Another article about CLAT (available here ) suggests FDAs model will continually learn and improve over time. Therefore, it seems reasonable that AI models could be trained on the data, provide useful insights to reviewers, and speed up review times. We have all seen AI failures online, some amusing (e.g.,