Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 247: Reimagining Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors with Ming-Wei Chen and Fangheng Zhou of RephImmune
HHS Policy Changes, Supreme Court Rulings, and the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 246: The Next Generation of Treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s with Neal Goodwin and Pawel Krysiak of Jaya Bio
AI Today in 5: August 11, 2025, The ACHILLES Project Episode
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
Key Discovery Points: BYOD Case Law Covering Subpoenas and Employee Handbooks
Daily Compliance News: June 23, 2025, The Is Walmart Cool Edition
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care & Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 239: Understanding the 340B Pricing Program with Chuck Melendi of Disruptive Dialogue
Unexpected Paths to IP Law with Dan Young and Colin White
Navigating Legal Strategies for Covering GLP-1s in Self-Insured Medical Plans — Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 234: Life-Saving Collaboration in the Life Sciences Industry with John Crowley, President & CEO of BIO
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 28: How Life Sciences Companies Can Create a Culture of Compliance When Expanding to the U.S. Market
How Life Sciences Companies Can Create a Culture of Compliance When Expanding to the U.S. Market
Podcast - Hot Topics in FDA Regulation: GLP-1s, LDTs, AI and More
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 231: Advancing the Life Sciences Industry with Kendalle O’Connell of MassBio
Compliance Program Effectiveness: Keep it Streamlined and Strategic
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 26: U.S. Enforcement Trends Targeting Foreign Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers
Podcast — Drug Pricing: 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Takeaways and Outlook
Prescribing GLP-1 Medications: Be Aware of Legal Limitations
Podcast — The Growth Rocketship: How BridgeBio’s Hub and Spoke Portfolio Strategy Set the Market for the Future of Biotech — Then, Now, and What’s Next?
On July 31, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a much-anticipated 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program (Pilot Program) via guidance (Guidance) that will be formally published on August 1, 2025. The...more
The CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (PFS Proposed Rule) introduces significant changes to how drug manufacturers must treat Bona Fide Service Fees (BFSFs) when calculating Average Sales Price (ASP) for Medicare...more
We previously reported on an uptick in the passage of state drug price transparency legislation. What follows is an update to that report. As of April 2025, approximately 23 states had passed drug price transparency laws....more
When Sen. Bill Cassidy became Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee this year, he stated one of his priorities was reforming the 340B Program. On April 24, 2025, he released a majority...more
On March 6, 2025, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) announced that Thomas Digby stepped down from his role as Chairperson of the PMPRB. Vice-Chairperson Anie Perrault is now serving as acting Chairperson until...more
Santé Canada a récemment publié un projet de règlement visant à pallier les pénuries de produits thérapeutiques au Canada. Le Règlement modifiant certains règlements pris en vertu de la Loi sur les aliments et drogues...more
We continue our New Jersey Regulatory Update with this Part II, which focuses on regulations that were finalized in the second half of 2024 and impact healthcare. For example, as a continuation of price transparency efforts,...more
On the heels of a nationwide push to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Massachusetts enacted a landmark piece of legislation to increase transparency and oversight within the pharmaceutical supply chain, specifically...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s recently issued final rule establishing application, labeling, and postmarketing reporting requirements for a nonprescription drug product with an “additional condition for...more
Following the release of a memo last month detailing upcoming regulations, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy released its long-awaited regulatory changes for non-resident pharmacy licensure last week by...more
After almost a decade of waiting, Massachusetts has announced that it will open its licensing process for non-resident pharmacies. Yesterday, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy published a memo announcing...more
Pharmacies, wholesalers, third-party logistics providers, outsourcing facilities, clinics, and pharmacists must obtain the California State Board of Pharmacy’s (the “Board”) approval or otherwise notify the Board about...more
On July 23, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance entitled “Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers.”...more
Legislation aiming to reform the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) remains on the horizon on both the federal and state levels. In particular, 2023 was a fertile year for PBM legislative initiatives....more
On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286 (AB 1286), a sweeping pharmacy measure with several components aimed at promoting patient safety. Chief among AB 1286’s mandates is a new law requiring that...more
On February 16, the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon struck down the state’s drug price transparency law—The Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act (the “Act”)—ruling that the Act’s annual price increase...more
A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Sayeh Nikpay of the School of Public Health,...more
Public Act No. 23-171: An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting Unnecessary Health Care Costs (Act) took effect in Connecticut on October 1, 2023. Under the Act, a pharmaceutical manufacturer (PM) that employs...more
Connecticut is the latest state to join the efforts of jurisdictions such as Oregon, Nevada, Washington D.C., and the City of Chicago, Illinois, in further regulating the activities of pharmaceutical representatives. In June,...more
The 340B Drug Pricing Program (the “Program”) allows certain healthcare providers (“covered entities”) to purchase pharmaceuticals from drug manufacturers at discounted rates. Some covered entities do not have an internal...more
Following in the footsteps of other states, New Jersey’s state legislature has recently signed into law three bills for containing prescription drug costs. One bill—Senate Bill 1615—is likely to have a particularly sweeping...more
“Didn’t we just do this?” might be the first question asked by many health plan sponsors and administrators when gearing up to complete 2022 prescription drug reporting by June 1, 2023. The answer to that question is both...more
On January 31, 2022, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) released its annual drug lists in accordance with its Drug Transparency Reporting Program. DHHS published four drug lists: List #1 Essential...more
Under the proposed regulation, sponsors and sponsor-investigators whose planned study falls within an exemption will not be required to submit an Investigational New Drug application ("IND") or comply with IND reporting...more
Section 204 of Title II of Division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 amended the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to add rules...more