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Beware the bait-and-switch when it comes to HM program contracts

Sound Physicians

Consider me a resource — I’m here to answer your questions, hear your concerns, and provide perspective on the landscape of hospital medicine. While we’ve earned our reputation over the decades for our clinical excellence in hospital medicine , we’ve also earned — somewhat unfairly — a reputation for being more expensive than our competitors.

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

FDA Law Blog

Claud — As we turn into the New Year, we offer a few items of interest in digital and telehealth regulation, enforcement, and compliance that may provide some helpful guideposts for stakeholders. Digital providers and manufacturers not only have the concerns of the FDA to consider, but those of the FTC as well. By John W.M.

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Avoid CMC Challenges by Thinking Slow, Not Fast-Discussions at USP’s Workshop

FDA Law Blog

Panelists also provided advice and recommendations on how they approach potential these challenges as well as potential areas for standards development. FDA/CBER (the Agency) provided an overview of CMC challenges for CART development (e.g., Opportunity for feedback from FDA if provided pre-BLA.

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OTAT Town Hall on Cell Therapy CMC – The Recording is Available but Here’s an Appetizer

FDA Law Blog

The purpose of these town halls are to discuss topics related to OTAT-regulated products, engage with product development stakeholders, and to provide information to help stakeholders to help advance drug development. In case you do not have time to watch the town hall , we provided a summary of select topics that are discussed below.

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The Incredible Shrinking Exemption: FDA Final CDS Guidance Would Significantly Narrow the Scope of Exempt Clinical Decision Support Software Under the Cures Act

FDA Law Blog

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. The guidance provides no rationale for hinging the device status of CDS software on the frequency with which medical information is collected.

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Does the Drug Shortage White Paper Fall Short?

FDA Law Blog

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a White Paper on Policy Considerations to Prevent Drug Shortages and Mitigate Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in the United States —with input from several HHS stakeholders, including FDA, CMS, and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. By Kalie E.

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A Bold Goal: Reshoring 25% of Small Molecule API to the U.S. in 5 Years – APIIC’s Report to The White House

FDA Law Blog

One component of the OSTP report is “Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing R&D to Further Supply Chain Resilience,” and it includes nine goals in three themes “intended to provide a broad vision to build supply chain resilience for the U.S. bioeconomy.” The first goal under Theme 1—Goal 1.1—is