Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 233: Prioritizing Women’s Health Through Innovation with Lindsey Calcutt of Incora Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 228: Designing & Manufacturing Auto-Injectors with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Building a Business at the Intersection of Neurodata and Innovation With Rob Cooley
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 26: U.S. Enforcement Trends Targeting Foreign Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 209: North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with Laura Gunter of NCLifeSci
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 208: Extended Reality Technology and the ThinkReality Headset with Mattney Beck of Lenovo
AI in the Operating Room: Liability Issues for Device Makers — The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
The FDA's Response to AI Medical Innovation — The Good Bot Podcast
Meet Meaghan Luster: Patent Litigation Associate at Wolf Greenfield
FDA Releases Laboratory-Developed Tests Final Rule – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 177: Brain Health and Research with Dr. Fridriksson, Neuroscientist, Professor, & Vice President of Research at the Universit
Transparency and the Open Payments Program
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 18
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 17
Health + Tech - Improving Cancer Care With Digital Health Tools
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 14
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Supply chain disruptions have become a significant challenge for the U.S. FDA-regulated products industry, affecting the availability of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food. These disruptions are caused by various...more
Anyone who has submitted a medical device for pre-market review knows the financial investment it takes to for FDA to conduct its review. Under the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA), certain submissions, including...more
Welcome to FDA in Flux — A Mintz newsletter tracking rapid changes in policy and agency actions that impact medical, life sciences, and consumer product investment decisions and development strategies....more
On June 24, 2025, in a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that his department plans to soon...more
On June 10, 2025, the Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Martin Makary, and Dr. Vinayak Prasad, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, published an article in JAMA discussing the “Priorities for a...more
Guidance development and publication from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has long been considered an essential element of medical product development, approval, and regulation. While temporary pauses in guidance...more
In this powerful episode, hosts Heather and Matthew are joined by Sydney Severance, a young woman and former competitive athlete whose life changed dramatically when she unexpectedly became wheelchair-bound. After a...more
Great thinkers have sought for centuries to convey a crucial truth about humanity’s interconnection. As the poet John Donne wrote: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the...more
ADA Advocating for Fluoridation, Says Medical Devices Should Not Be Subjected to Tariffs - The dental industry and DSOs are experiencing change as both continue to embrace technology, including AI. The political and...more
News Briefs - Judge Blocks Trump from Cutting Billions in State Health Funding - A federal judge said she will grant a request from 23 states to issue an emergency block on the federal government's rescindment of billions in...more
News Briefs - Hospital, Device Makers Seeking Exemptions on Tariffs - Medical device makers, hospitals, and other key health industries are pressing to gain exemptions under the Trump administration's new tariff regime with...more
A Colorado jury issued a defense verdict following a six-week trial during which four women alleged their respective cancers were caused by exposure to EtO emitted by the nearby Terumo Blood & Cell Technologies Lakewood plant...more
Trial lawyers, especially defense lawyers in the pharmaceutical and medical device arena, strive to ensure that “junk science” stays out of the courtroom. Unfortunately, that is often wishful thinking. When I spoke with an...more
The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a Warning Letter concerning unauthorized modifications made to a previously cleared medical device (i.e., 510(k)). ...more
The regulatory environment for prescription medical device manufacturers and distributors has become increasingly stringent as state-based agencies work to ensure public health and safety. Operating without a required license...more
On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a policy statement rescinding a decades-old administrative exemption for notice-and-comment rulemaking known as the Richardson Waiver. Written...more
With the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, staying on top of the latest updates is crucial for companies in biopharma and medical devices. In this briefing, we highlight recent regulatory and legislative developments...more
Canada’s Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (the “Pharmacare Act”) received royal assent on October 10, 2024 and established a framework for national pharmacare. On February 27, 2025, the Hon. Mark Holland, Canada’s...more
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A New Hope in Kidney Transplants: The Promise of Xenotransplantation - Joe’s struggle for a kidney transplant highlights a dire reality: donor shortages are leaving countless patients in limbo. Enter Dr. PK, a pioneering...more
On December 28, 2024, Health Canada published proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations and Medical Devices Regulations to address therapeutic product shortages (see our previous article regarding Health Canada’s...more
The long-awaited Valletoux decree regularizes the exclusion of health cooperation groups for the ownership of certain health care activities’ authorizations in France, resulting from the 2022 reform of health care activities....more
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Since the announcement that president-elect Donald Trump would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), media reports have featured opinions from...more