FDA Law

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 A positive result, however, is treated as a screen. That is just another way of saying, however, that the rapid antigen tests are best positioned as a screening tool. Why is that?

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FDA Law

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. § 820.198).

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FDA Law

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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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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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Running from February 4 to May 15, this session promises to bring substantial changes to medical consent laws, Medicaid coverage, rural hospital funding, taxation on essential goods, and the transparency of healthcare costs. Senate SB 43 – Patient Price Transparency Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Sen.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By Wes Stubblefield, MD, MPH, FAAP ADPH Medical Officer H5N1 influenza, or “bird flu,” is a type of influenza that was first discovered in the 1950s. Since 2016, HPAI H5N1 has been detected in wild birds in the United States during screening efforts by wildlife authorities. For the public, cautious monitoring is recommended.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

And it is going to affect, if it hasn’t already, our food quality, the food that’s available, our medications. There’s an issue with an extreme heat, the medications may lose its efficacy, and there’s certain medications that make someone more vulnerable to heat emissions- Eric: And the power outages that we see.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — At the latest MedTech conference held in Boston, MA from October 24-26, we heard from FDA officials and industry representatives on a range of topics. Below, we provide a snapshot of the three-day event: Update on the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF).

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 2, 2025

By Julie Appleby Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his management job in manufacturing to launch his own business. The Medical Procedure Periodic colon cancer screening is recommended for people at average risk starting at age 45 and continuing until age 75, according to the U.S. Then the bill came.

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