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No Walk in the Park: JAMA Editorial Calls for More Park Prosecutions; We Disagree

FDA Law

While the authors did a yeoman’s job of combing through the criminal cases to identify what they view as a “handful” of cases and call for increased use of the Park doctrine, we at the FDA Law Blog respectfully disagree. The JAMA editorial notes that there are few Park cases for two primary reasons: [The government] may lead.

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Pet Food Institute Proposes Modernization of Pet Food and Treats Regulation

FDA Law

PFI expressed some of its frustration with the current state of regulation of pet food by individual states in its comments on the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Virtual Public Meeting FDA and the AAFCO Animal Feed Ingredient Definition Process. PFI has noted that it is not feasible to develop and label products for an individual state.

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AstraZeneca’s Challenge to Price Negotiation Fails in Federal District Court

FDA Law

According to AstraZeneca, the statute defines a qualifying single source drug by reference to its individual “approval,” and “any other reading. According to the court, AstraZeneca’s “desire” or even “expectation” to sell its drugs to the Government at the higher prices it once enjoyed does not create a protected property interest.”

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

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To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. So less than six months to live.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

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And then I feel like when I’m in clinic I’m helping individuals, and you only have so much time to help so many people. Louise: Well again, if you take that approach, you also get rid of ableism and ageism against children and prejudice against people who are ill. But I was focused on his very ill wife. Eric: Yeah.

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