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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law

The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. On October 10th, based on ability to pay, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. 11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Zarzamora Press Release.

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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

has long disparaged certain vaccines, calling them unsafe and saying that the government officials who regulate them are compromised and corrupt. Her doctor and several pharmacies turned her down because she was below the recommended age at the time, which was 60. So, in 2016, she celebrated her 60th birthday at her local CVS. Kennedy Jr.,

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FOIA Requires Transparency of Instructions to FDA Staff, Even When Those Instructions Are to Pause Communications with the Public

FDA Law

As the DOJ FOIA Guide explains in its introduction : The United States Supreme Court has explained that [t]he basic purpose of [the] FOIA is to ensure an informed citizenry, vital to the functioning of a democratic society, needed to check against corruption and to hold the governors accountable to the governed. 552(a)(4)(B).

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The ICH E6(R3) Guideline: A Major Update to Good Clinical Practice

FDA Law

E6(R3) specifically acknowledges the rise of innovative trial designs such as adaptive and decentralized methods, while also encouraging the use of electronic informed consent and remote monitoring. Below, we explore some of the key themes seen in the changes.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Nguyen shared the multiple benefits of an AI ambient listening tool — recently rolled out nationally to more than 25,000 Permanente physicians — that transcribes office visits (with patient consent) that can be edited and added to electronic health records. Our guest for this episode is Dr. Khang Nguyen.

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Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

BMJ

Donors, government ministries, agencies and academic partners regularly cascade requests for data that multiply and complicate the simple interaction into a complex, and often redundant, set of data requirements for the same singular interaction. Mobile phone penetration has finally exceeded 90% in low- and middle-income countries.

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DOJ Re-Brands Guidance Documents

FDA Law

The federal government does its own version of rebranding with each change in administration. electronic formatting for regulatory submissions), scientific (e.g., Walsh & JP Ellison — Companies often use rebranding to reposition and refocus their business. recalls), and the COVID-19 emergency.