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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more
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The Big Molecule Watch is monitoring pending legislation in Congress that relates to biosimilars and biologics. In this post, we check in on the status of two currently pending bills related to Citizen Petitions....more
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Congress has approved a major new push to deal with the opioid crisis that kills tens of thousands of Americans annually. Voters can expect President Trump to sign the big bill, passed easily and with rare bipartisan support...more