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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

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Regulating LDTs: A Long and Winding Road In what might sound to some like protesting too much, the PR invokes FDA’s longstanding assertion that IVDs “manufactured” by laboratories are medical devices and that clinical laboratories that develop tests are acting as manufacturers.

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As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

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But a compromised device is a threat to patient safety, so that timeline that could change in the event of an adverse event that imperils consumer health. Digital providers and manufacturers not only have the concerns of the FDA to consider, but those of the FTC as well. FDA has shown a willingness to intervene in this space.

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The Wholesaling Prohibition (Potentially) Demystified? FDA’s Take on Supply Chains for Section 503B Outsourcing Facilities

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Outsourcing facilities are not exempt from FDA’s cGMP for drug manufacturers (as lightly tweaked via cGMP Guidance for outsourcing facilities ) or adverse event reporting requirements , and are subject to regular inspection by FDA. Section II at 2. Draft Guidance III.B.2(e) Draft Guidance III.B.2(d)

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

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Including more hospital utilization or healthcare utilization, maybe cognitive impairment issues. And there’s multiple survival analyses looking at incident dementia, and hearing loss is strong, independently associated with the time to event dementia. My own work focuses on hospitalization and health utilization over time.

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This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Family and Food(borne Illness Prevention)

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Some of us might still recall the 2017 salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey products that caused over 279 infections, 107 hospitalizations, and one reported death in 41 states. consumption (absent the applicability of exemptions that are beyond the scope of this summary).

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

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And so any additional stressor such as heat or an extreme weather event or having to move from your home because of a climate related disaster can really tax an older adult whose window of resilience is more limited. As we age, our body’s capacity to adapt to things becomes a little more challenge. They can save a lot of money.

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MedTech Conference Download

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Below, we provide a snapshot of the three-day event: Update on the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF). In closing, he advised manufacturers who plan to market their products beyond the public health emergency to plan to submit marketing applications. Maisel also discussed disposition of already distributed devices.