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FDA Publishes Its Draft Strategy Document on Innovative Manufacturing Technologies

FDA Law Blog

FDA-2024-N-3945 ] announcing the publication of a draft strategy document, for public comment, outlining specific actions FDA plans to take to facilitate the use of innovative manufacturing technologies. This would include continuous manufacturing, distributed manufacturing, modern aseptic manufacturing equipment and novel analytical methods.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. How far can you see and hear? When it comes to vision, it’s around 50 miles, talking about hearing, it’s only 1-2 miles at best! What about the smell of the flowers? Globally 1.1

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

Pfizer manufactures tafamidis, a breakthrough treatment for a rare, progressive heart condition known as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. Pfizer, Inc. Department of Health and Human Services et al. July 25, 2022. Whether the Beneficiary Inducement Statute (BIS) is relevant to interpreting the AKS (essentially, no). Background.

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Fun With Primescan and Atlantis

CDOCS

& Patient presents as an 80 year old woman who was wearing an ill fitting partial for awhile and was losing weight because eating was very difficult. & & These are my favorite types of cases, where we can really make a difference for someone. & Here is how she presented:</p> <p>[image:Untitled_2_001.jpg]</p>

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

FDA Law Blog

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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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

The product manufacturers and vendors will need to be active partners as well. From rising asthma rates to heat-related illnesses, climate change is already harming the most vulnerable among us. Visit our website to explore membership options, start a Practice Management program, or speak with us about our Consulting Services.

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

GeriPal

We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. Think about the last time you attended a talk on communication skills or goals of care discussions. I’m guessing not. How to screen for hearing loss. Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Meg.

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