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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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Their Terms Ended by Trump, SACHRP Members Form New Committee, Vow to Continue ‘Mission’

Reflecting thwarted desires to continue their terms, while answering calls from trial administrators and oversight leaders, seven former members of the highest-ranking federal advisory panel on human research...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

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Chemical Regulatory Update: The Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment

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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, as established by President Donald Trump's Feb. 13, 2025, Executive Order (EO) 14212, released its inaugural report on May 22, 2025, titled "The MAHA Report: Making Our...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MAHA Commission Publishes Report to Highlight Childhood Chronic Disease Drivers

On May 22, 2025, President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released an assessment titled “The MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment.” The report—framed as a “call to action”—stems from a...more

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Trump Administration’s DEI Executive Order and the Impact on FDA’s DAP Draft Guidance: Top Points

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For more than a decade, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made diversity in clinical trials a focus, including by issuing guidance, convening public-private workshops, and completing data analyses in an effort to...more

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HHS Implements Communication Freeze: Top points

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Last week, Acting Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dorothy Fink instructed federal health agencies within the HHS to freeze all external communications, including health advisories, weekly...more

Cozen O'Connor

California Gets A New AG | $188.6 Million Surgical Mesh Settlement | Keystone Pipeline Litigation

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State AGs in the News- Governor Newsom Nominates Rob Bonta for California Attorney General- •Governor Gavin Newsom nominated California Assemblyman Rob Bonta to replace Xavier Becerra as California AG. Bonta’s...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Coverage of Routine Clinical Trial Costs Under the Medicaid Program

Right before the new year, we told you about some of the Medicaid-related provisions of the COVID relief package that was recently signed into law by President Trump. One provision of that law that we thought merited a...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 9

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In Washington: President-elect Joe Biden unveiled the first plan to is two-part $1.9 trillion stimulus package calling on Congress to approve $415 billion in emergency spending to scale up vaccinations, testing, and other...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, November 2020 # 3

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In Washington: The federal government’s role in physically distributing COVID-19 vaccines remains unclear. President Trump said last month that the military would distribute vaccines. But a spokesman for Operation Warp...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 19

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In Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in a Thursday morning letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pressed the White House for a response to the Democrats' latest coronavirus relief package proposal....more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 17

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In Washington: White House communications director Alyssa Farah said Tuesday that the White House still hopes for a coronavirus relief package, probably post-election. Speaking on Fox & Friends, Farah said President Trump...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 12

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In Washington: Tuesday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Democrats and the White House have moved closer to a deal on a fourth COVID-19 stimulus relief bill ahead of her latest call with Treasury Secretary...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 8

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In Washington - Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke for an hour Wednesday morning and plan to speak again tomorrow. Mnuchin says they continue to “make progress” while Pelosi’s spokesperson says the...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – September 2020 # 3

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In Washington - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Republicans released the text of their “skinny” or “targeted” coronavirus relief bill. McConnell said a vote to proceed to the bill is expected Thursday....more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - September 2020

Will it be a shot in the arm — or the foot? Americans have invested high hopes in a Covid-19 vaccine. Its development is racing ahead, with researchers deploying novel approaches and governments spending billions of dollars...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 16

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In Washington - The House of Representatives, in a 257-150 vote, passed legislation providing US$25 billion to the United States Postal Service and bans any operational changes to the agency, while reversing...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 11

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In Washington - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is calling Democrats back from the August recess to vote on legislation that would prohibit operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service that could curtail mail-in...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #18

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In Washington - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced the “Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act” (HEALS Act). The Republican proposal includes several provisions designed to...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #6

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In Washington: Just as some federal agencies are calling for federal employees who are teleworking to return, several Virginia and Maryland lawmakers are warning that it might be too early. ...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – June 2020

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In Washington: Today, the House will meet for a pro forma session and the Senate will resume consideration of John Badalamenti to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.  The full House will be...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – May 2020 #16

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In Washington - The House will be in session on Wednesday and Thursday and is expected to vote on two bills dealing with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) giving small businesses more flexibility in the use of the...more

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The global impact of COVID-19 on clinical trials and countermeasure development

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the 2019 novel coronavirus is a “global pandemic” and President Trump has declared a national emergency as the impact of the virus on all aspects of daily life continues...more

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CMS Makes CAR T-Cell Cancer Therapy Available to Medicare Beneficiaries Nationwide

Autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells—which are “living drugs”—are promising, emerging therapeutics in immuno-oncology. One example of these “living drugs” is Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel). The drug, a CD-19...more

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