FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

This isn’t just about saving the planet—it’s also about saving money, protecting patients, and strengthening our healthcare systems from the inside out. The breadth of services provided by modern day medicine is profound. Dilating and anesthetic eye drops are routinely offered to patients in most ophthalmology clinics.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Manufacturers who submit reports via the FDA Electronic Submissions Gateway are being advised to update their systems by this time. Since the final rule took effect on August 14, 2015, medical device manufacturers and importers have been required to submit MDRs in an electronic format.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The six-page statement explains that “Brand drug manufacturers may be harming generic competition through the improper listing of patents in the. And FDA did not provide a substantive response to 5 Requests for Advisory Opinions seeking clarification of the issue.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Shapiro — Last summer, FDA published a draft guidance, Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) Lasers – Patient Labeling Recommendations (July 29, 2022) setting forth a proposal for new recommended patient‑directed labeling. The approved devices already have patient‑directed labeling that FDA has approved. By Jeffrey K.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

If enacted, Article 5, Section 6 of HF33 would provide for a reduction to the State’s opiate product registration fee. For the purposes of assessing the annual opiate product registration fee, a “unit” means “the individual dosage form of the particular drug product that is prescribed to the patient. 151.066, Subd.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In its petition filed earlier this month, Pfizer challenges HHS’s interpretation of the AKS as “staggeringly overbroad,” contrary to the congressional intent behind the AKS, and a threat to “almost any activity that facilitates patient access to federally funded healthcare.” Background.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The ACA sets an annual cap on the amount that insurers can require insured individuals to pay out of pocket for their medical expenses. Once an individual reaches this annual cap, the insurer is solely responsible for covering the individual’s remaining medical expenses that year.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

Kirschenbaum — On May 24, Minnesota enacted the Commerce and Consumer Protection Omnibus Bill, Senate File 2744 ( SF 2744 ), which significantly expands the state’s existing drug pricing activities with serious implications for all drug manufacturers, and particularly generic drug manufacturers. We address each below. Best price?

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CDOCS

JUNE 30, 2021

Specifically, the patient stated he wanted younger-looking teeth and was tired of having the composites replaced every few years, and therefore desired an esthetic and lasting solution. Additionally, it was decided to add more incisal embrasures, as the patient was unhappy with the flat, worn down look of his natural teeth.</span></p>

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Most states have some form of naloxone standing order that allows a healthcare provider to write a prescription that covers a large group of people rather than just an individual patient. syringes), to any individual without a patient-specific prescription. plies for administration (e.g.,

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

The Seventh Circuit took a more lenient approach than the Fourth Circuit, focusing its rationale on whether an independent contractor had improper influence over a healthcare providers independent healthcare decisions. Sorenson follows the Fifth Circuits decision last year in United States v. Marchetti, 96 F.4th Marchetti, 96 F.4th

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

To obtain clearance of an OTC home IVD, a sponsor must provide the usual suite of analytical and clinical validation that would be required for any IVD, demonstrating adequate repeatability, stability, sensitivity, specificity, and so on. This usually requires human factors or usability testing and labeling comprehension testing.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As the new Federal Register notice explains, FDA issued the 2016 Guidance in question and answer format to respond to the most frequently asked questions about charging for investigational drugs provided under an IND for either clinical trials or expanded access for treatment use under 21 CFR section 312.8. Changes from the 2016 Guidance.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The final guidance therefore may have significant implications for a wide range of stakeholders, including not only software developers but also health care providers, hospitals, patients and payors. Medical information about a patient. Interpretation of Statutory Criteria Under the Final Guidance.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

From new initiatives to facilitate faster reviews for new indications under the Split Real Time Application Review (STAR) pilot program, to bringing new meetings under PDUFA goals, to continued support for rare diseases and incorporation of the patient voice, the goals letter revealed a good number of welcome announcements.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

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. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Alex: Great story.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

In defending the complete broadcast, Lilly called out similar elements from each of the individual components as demonstrating its intent to have all three viewed sequentially. And in this case the presentation would be compliant whether each component was shown individually, or, when combining all three sequentially.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Final Release Criteria Special Controls Sponsors will need to provide the final manufacturing release criterion with evidence that lots released at the extremes of the specification will still meet the claimed device performance (i.e., FDA can request that sponsors provide this data within 48 hours of the Agency making said request.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Rapid tests for COVID-19 are fast, inexpensive to manufacture, and a relatively easy method to detect the presence of an active SARS?CoV?2 The tests are very accurate in detecting individuals with a relatively high viral load (symptomatic or not). True, these tests will never provide the same diagnostic quality results as RT?PCR,

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 7, 2024

Laboratories struggling to understand the myriad implications of being regulated as device “manufacturers” were hopeful that additional guidance would shed light on how to apply FDA’s existing medical device regulatory framework to their operations. 803), Reporting of Corrections and Removals (21 C.F.R. § 806) and Complaint Files (21 C.F.R.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

What Happened: Passed out of the House of Representatives HB 46 – Rural Physicians Tax Credit What’s in the Bill: HB 46 terminates the existing Rural Physician Tax Credit program in Alabama, which provided tax credits to physicians practicing in rural areas, effective December 31, 2025.

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia. valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We identified as the main culprit FDA’s requirement that these tests achieve 80% sensitivity (positive percent agreement or PPA) even when a required percentage of low positive patients are included. The NIH screens manufacturers to ensure they have reputable tests already in use in other countries with good supporting test data.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

For generic drug manufacturing facilities specifically, the numbers are 63% and 87%. The proposed Manufacturing Resiliency Assessment Program (MRAP) would be managed as a public-private partnership and would assign resilience scores to manufacturers of generic drugs, “based on an assessment of manufacturer practices and past performance.”

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve covered psychedelics on the podcast beforefirst in 2019 with Ira Byock, where we explored their potential role in medicine , and then again in 2023 with Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, and Theora Cimino, focusing on the reasons to approach psychedelic use in patients with caution. Then fast forward a year.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2023

The report must also discuss the barriers associated with conducting research with cannabis and CBD in states that have legalized their use, how barriers might be overcome and whether public-private partnerships or federal-state partnerships can or should provide researchers with additional cannabis and CBD strains. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Gibbs — A recent blog post focused on the potentially negative implications of the proposed Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) for manufacturers of generic drugs and biosimilar products. Javitt & Jeffrey N. The concerns raised by PERA are not limited to these industries, however.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This 2022 draft guidance proposed that certain non-addictive medical products for pain or addiction treatment could be eligible for breakthrough designation, aligning with the Agency’s obligations under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Most are new or revised definitions and administrative changes, but several proposals represent new policies that should be of concern to drug manufacturers. Price Transparency Surveys The MDRP statute requires manufacturers to submit only three prices: average manufacturer price (AMP), best price, and nominal prices.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 5, 2024

Houck — The Associated Press reported on Tuesday following confirmation by five anonymous individuals with knowledge that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) is moving to reschedule marijuana from schedule I to the less stringently controlled schedule III. Schedule III substances do not require manufacturing quotas.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Although, certainly when you start facing complications of serious illness, it is increasingly important to engage as individuals and conversations about goals, values, and preferences. And I would say too, as a primary care provider, it really doesn’t take that long to ask people about a surrogate decision maker.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

After all, the labeling is intended to do exactly that: it informs patients and prescribers of the risks to ensure the product is used effectively and in a manner that mitigates risks, according to FDA’s understanding of the relevant science. A recent state law failure-to-warn case in the SDNY makes that very point.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

There have been a few severe cases and one individual died with H5N1 infection. Also, CDC has provided a candidate vaccine virus to manufacturers for rapid production if needed. Several commercial laboratories are providing this service including Quest, LabCorp, ARUP and Mayo. However, the 68 human cases in the U.S.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

was supported by the fossil fuel industry , because it shifted responsibility for change from industry to individuals. What do we do to very concretely provide heat shelters and cool shelters? And that’s a good thing to share with an older patient or client that making decisions about your activity.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Wasserstein — Three patient advocate groups have sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), challenging HHS’s 2020 Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters (NBPP) rule. The patient, on the other hand, is no closer to meeting their deductible than before.

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