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Arkansas Law Prohibiting Manufacturer 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions Upheld by 8th Circuit

FDA Law Blog

By Faraz Siddiqui — As drug manufacturers battle the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) in federal courts over the role of 340B contract pharmacies, an Eighth Circuit decision to uphold a 2021 Arkansas law may render those cases inconsequential in that state. Code Ann. § 23-92-604(c)(1), (2) (Act 1103). & Mfrs.

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Big Win for HP&M Client: Court of Appeals Tells FDA to Regulate Barium Sulfate As a Device

FDA Law Blog

The Court decision limiting FDA’s discretion provides regulatory certainty for device manufacturers, as the claimed discretion, if recognized by the Court, would have meant that any medical device potentially could be classified and regulated as a drug.

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Are You Recall Ready? FDA Expects You to Be

FDA Law Blog

Almost all recalls are conducted on a voluntary basis by the manufacturer. Firms also need to maintain distribution records to facilitate identifying the direct accounts that received the recalled product by name, physical address where the product was delivered, and contact information.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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And for that reason, there was actually an enormous lawsuit, and the manufacturer was fined, now I think 20 years ago, in the millions and millions of dollars for off-label prescribing. We should be able to trust all the data that comes from our governing board. So that’s kind of how it first came on my radar.

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

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So if you look at government websites about heat for example, it’s got a line of buttons across the top with affected populations, outdoor workers, athletes and older people are in there. But Ruth, I was wondering too, and you invited us to ask each other questions, so my golly I’m going to do it.

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Arsenicum album for Kerala school students: a bogus prophylaxis

Tiny Physician

The Kerala government has taken off all the restrictions imposed due to the case surge as caseload has come down, and is also planning to restart schools from the second half of November. Even a basic understanding of chemistry, biology, and physics is enough to debunk the concepts in this pseudoscience. To send a DM, use Telegram.

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Knock Knock. Who’s There? (or Quién es? or Qui est-ce? or Wer ist es?) Surprise, it’s FDA!

FDA Law Blog

Claud On May 6, 2025, FDA announced that it planned to conduct more surprise inspections at foreign manufacturing facilities that produce foods, essential medicines, and other medical products intended for U.S. Walsh & Esther Petrikovsky & John W.M. is safe, legitimate, and honestly made. is safe, legitimate, and honestly made.