FDA Law

MARCH 12, 2023

These government measures included granting temporary exemptions from certain FDA and DEA legal requirements. By almost all accounts, these exemptions also improved prescribing and dispensing of medication to patients that need them. When the public health emergency ends on May 11, 2023 , so do these exemptions.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Palmer — On Friday, October 6, 2023, DEA announced a second extension of telemedicine flexibilities concerning the prescribing of controlled substances, which were originally set to expire after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. HPM’s Presentation Deck and recording of the presentation are here, and here (passcode Bv3*o^i5).

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Palmer — In a Temporary Rule announced on November 19, 2024, DEA with input from HHS again extended current telemedicine flexibilities, which were first initiated on January 31, 2020 at the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal telemedicine flexibilities (i.e.,

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