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Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

A Progress Report on Psychedelic Drug Legislation in Connecticut and Nearby States

The burgeoning field of psychedelic medicine, which suffered a major setback last year when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected an application to approve the use of midomafetamine (MDMA) to treat post-traumatic...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Makary Says Psychedelics Are Maybe Okay, M’Kay?

Drugs are bad, m’kay. But what if they’re not? Psilocybin continues to be in the limelight for its potential medicinal uses, including most particularly its potential to combat the nation’s growing mental health crisis. Last...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: House Energy & Commerce Committee Held a Markup of 16 Bills; HRSA Demands Johnson & Johnson Cease 340B...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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An Update on Medical Research and Legal Battles for Psilocybin

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Scientists continue to research psilocybin as an alternative treatment for multiple neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety, depression, and PTSD. We previously highlighted this research in 2021. One area of research is...more

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The Re-Emergence of Ecstasy - But Not at the Club

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In August of 2017, the FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to MDMA (a.k.a., Ecstasy/Molly) for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Just recently the results of the first Phase 3 clinical trial...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act, Adding $6.3 Billion For Medical Research

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The Cures Act aims to increase the speed by which new drugs are brought to market by streamlining clinical trials, allowing the use of patient data in the regulatory review process, and modernizing U.S. Food and Drug...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The 21st Century Cures Act: FDA Reforms Aim to Spur Innovation in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Health Research Sectors

On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act (Act), one of the most important pieces of health care and life sciences legislation in several decades. The Act is intended to spur the rapid...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Congress Avoids a Government Shutdown... House and Senate Approves Measure to Expand the Affordable Care (ACA) Act Small Group Market to 100 Employees...Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurers to Receive Only...more

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