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A patient’s perspective: The evolving landscape of IBD

ABIM

Diagnostic delays, racial and ethnic health disparities, insurance barriers, and restricted access to appropriate treatments compound the emotional and physical burden of living with IBD. Without a full understanding of the disease context, he recommended surgery that, in hindsight, was not the medically appropriate next step.

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Big Win for HP&M Client: Court of Appeals Tells FDA to Regulate Barium Sulfate As a Device

FDA Law

We have blogged recently about several FDA setbacks in court ( here , for example). Genus Medical Technologies secured an important victory in the D.C. In Genus Medical Technologies v. The decision has wide-ranging implications for FDA’s assertion of discretion in classifying and regulating medical products.

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

FDA Law

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — Over the last three and a half years, meetings with FDA were conducted virtually. CDRH recently announced its acceptance and hosting of in-person meetings, including hybrid options that allow for both physical and virtual participation.

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FDA’s Issues Draft Guidance on Accelerated Approval: A Substantial Evidentiary and Procedural Overhaul to this High-Profile Pathway

FDA Law

FDAs interpretation of several threshold criteria for eligibility (serious condition, available therapy, unmet medical need) will continue to rely upon the 2014 Guidance. As such, we will publish a separate blog post focused on confirmatory trials and how FDA is interpreting this key provision of its accelerated approval authority.

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Corporate Liability from Employee Diversion: Costly on Many Fronts

FDA Law

This matter is the latest in a recent string of large monetary settlements between the government and health care providers involving employee diversion. It was alleged that other employees administered the medication to patients even after observing signs of tampering, although no patients were reported harmed.

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Arkansas Law Prohibiting Manufacturer 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions Upheld by 8th Circuit

FDA Law

The federal government has long maintained that state law offers an additional, and important, layer of consumer protection that complements federal regulation. Impossibility preemption exists when it is physically impossible for a private party to comply with both state and federal law.

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Are You Recall Ready? FDA Expects You to Be

FDA Law

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Anne K. Firms also need to maintain distribution records to facilitate identifying the direct accounts that received the recalled product by name, physical address where the product was delivered, and contact information. By Philip Won & Lisa M.