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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Bill Easing Volunteer Rules for Retired Physicians Awaits Governor’s Signature What’s in the Bill: HB 346 streamlines volunteer opportunities for retired physicians at free health clinics is headed to the Governor for final approval. The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight.

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Lots of FDA Guidance, But Few Drug Manufacturing “Remote Interactive Evaluations” (We Would Call Them “Virtual Inspections”)

FDA Law

A phone call to FDA requested information about the number of Remote Interactive Evaluations (RIEs) that FDA has performed at drug manufacturing facilities since it announced in April 2021 that it would start using them as an alternative to on-site inspections. Raising the question: how does FDA define “all parties?”

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

In This Issue : Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement OnTrack with your Sustainability Goals? Powering Health, Protecting the Planet – Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Healthcare professionals have always been trusted voices on public health.

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law

Pfizer manufactures tafamidis, a breakthrough treatment for a rare, progressive heart condition known as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. Pfizer, Inc. Department of Health and Human Services et al. July 25, 2022. Whether the Beneficiary Inducement Statute (BIS) is relevant to interpreting the AKS (essentially, no). Background.

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Let’s Listen to Patients: FDA Releases Final Guidance on Patient Engagement in the Design and Conduct of Medical Device Clinical Studies

FDA Law

address common questions and misconceptions about collecting and submitting to FDA patient engagement information regarding the design and conduct of a medical device clinical study.”. What would be the potential benefits if companies prospectively design medical device clinical studies with input from diverse patient advisors?

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Look What the Cat Dragged In: FDA’s Draft Guidance on Urinary Tract Health Claims for Cat Food

FDA Law

In fact, clinical studies estimate that as many as 23% of cats suffer from urolithiasis. (Apologies to our readers—word play is FDA Law Blog’s catnip.) RSS is a measurement used to estimate the potential for crystal formation and bladder stone (urolith) growth, a common affliction in cats.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. And he is also a clinical audiologist, which is going to be key for this podcast. Transcript.

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