article thumbnail

AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

By engaging with lawmakers and key stakeholders, the Academy worked to ensure that the voices of family physicians were heard in discussions that have the potential to impact healthcare delivery and access for communities across the state. What Happened: This legislation has been enacted into law.

Insurance 130
article thumbnail

Why some Latino communities fear the COVID-19 vaccine, and what can be done to help

Medical Xpress

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some people in medically underserved Latino communities avoided getting vaccinated due to fears of side effects, mistrust of health officials and vaccine manufacturers and discrimination from health care workers, according to a new study from Rice University.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Most Engaging Decision You’ll Read All Year – Five Stars

FDA Law Blog

FDA , Petitioners, a liquid nicotine manufacturer, sued FDA arguing that the Agency was arbitrary and capricious in rejecting the Petitioner’s Premarket Tobacco Application (“PMTA”) in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”). FDA also directed manufacturers to produce detailed marketing plans.

article thumbnail

How Gut Health and Digestion Influence Cholesterol Levels

Imperial Center Family Medicine

The liver manufactures new cholesterol molecules and captures excess from circulation for excretion. By regularly incorporating prebiotic foods or supplements into your diet, you effectively help feed and cultivate communities of ideal commensal flora adept at beneficial cholesterol conversions.

article thumbnail

PhRMA Sues Arkansas for Meddling in the Federal 340B Drug Discount Program

FDA Law Blog

By Faraz Siddiqui — Last week, we blogged about a growing list of drug manufacturers that have refused to follow a 2010 guidance issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”), which permits 340B covered entities to contract with multiple pharmacies to dispense drugs to covered entity patients. Code Ann.§

article thumbnail

FDA Draft Guidance: Everything You May Want to Know about OMUFA Fees

FDA Law Blog

The facility fee applies to a single manufacturing facility. The guidance explains that a facility counts as a single facility subject to a single facility fee if it is under one management and in one geographic location and address, and is engaged in manufacturing or processing the finished dosage form of an OTC monograph drug product.

article thumbnail

Baby Formula Shortages

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

If not, your pediatrician’s office can work with you to access all community resources. Always mix formula as directed by the manufacturer. This is a very difficult problem. If you can find another similar formula, it’s okay to make the switch. This should never be done. Can I make my own baby formula?