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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

Cost-sharing interventions and patient education can help improve access to GLP-1 receptor agonists for patients with obesity, according to an abstract presented at the AACE Annual Meeting 2025. Other Persistent Barriers & Potential Solutions In another article not presented at the meeting, Stephanie W.

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FDA Publishes Discussion Paper Seeking Feedback on 3D Printing of Medical Devices at the Point of Care

FDA Law Blog

This discussion paper is not the first time that FDA has grappled with the tricky regulatory questions presented by 3D printing. In October 2014, FDA held a public workshop titled “Additive Manufacturing of Medical Devices: An Interactive Discussion on the Technical Considerations of 3D Printing.”

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FDA Publishes Discussion Paper Seeking Feedback on 3D Printing of Medical Devices at the Point of Care

FDA Law Blog

This discussion paper is not the first time that FDA has grappled with the tricky regulatory questions presented by 3D printing. In October 2014, FDA held a public workshop titled “Additive Manufacturing of Medical Devices: An Interactive Discussion on the Technical Considerations of 3D Printing.”

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New Draft Guidance Provides Detailed (and Burdensome) Recommendations for Chemical Assessments to Support Medical Device Biocompatibility

FDA Law Blog

Chemical characterization can also be useful in evaluating a change to the materials or manufacturing of a device. The draft guidance provides recommendations for collection and reporting of chemical characterization data and discusses the topics of information gathering, test article extraction, chemical analysis, and data reporting.

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FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

FDA Law Blog

Instead, we focus here on the few notable statements that provide new or more detailed guidance than FDA has previously offered. MDR FDA discussed a few preliminary steps that it says laboratories should take prepare for submitting MDRs as medical device manufacturers. SCF : LDT, unmet need within an integrated healthcare system.

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We Have an LDT Proposed Rule!

FDA Law Blog

For more than 30 years, FDA has asserted that it has jurisdiction to regulate LDTs as medical devices and clinical laboratories as manufacturers. Nevertheless, the Agency believes this bifurcated system presents public health risks, and needs to be corrected by bringing LDTs under the FDA’s general IVD regulatory framework.

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Draft LASIK Guidance: Why Did FDA Issue New Labeling Recommendations for Products that Already Have PMA Approved Labeling?

FDA Law Blog

How could the manufacturers even follow this guidance without illegally departing from their previously approved labeling? In an appendix, FDA provides a model “decision check list” for patients. It looks similar to the type of procedural informed consent a surgeon ordinarily would present to a patient. What is going on here?