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Health Care Week in Review | HHS Cancels mRNA Vaccine Development Projects Under BARDA; President Trump Signs EO to Increase...

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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

Quarles & Brady LLP

Accessing Opioid Settlement Funds

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While federal funding for addiction treatment programs and research is being cut, more than $50 billion is being distributed to state and local programs from opioid-related lawsuits. There is great debate on the use of these...more

Smart & Biggar

Minister of Health announces new bilateral agreements with provinces for rare disease drugs

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We previously reported on Canada’s first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases, which included up to $1.4 billion in funding for provinces and territories, to be negotiated through bilateral agreements. This...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Unveils Draft Guidance on Developing Drugs and Biological Products for Weight Reduction

On January 7, the FDA made available draft guidance on the development of drugs and biological products for weight reduction within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research intended for reduction and long-term maintenance...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Endorses Comity in Class Proceedings in Response to the Opioid Epidemic

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A national class action on behalf of multiple Canadian governments to recover opioid epidemic healthcare costs simplifies the aggregation, prosecution, and determination of claims that span geographic boundaries. That is what...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

FDA Gives Companies a New Way to Fight Misinformation

Misinformation shared by independent third parties presents a significant public health concern because it can lead patients and healthcare providers to forgo treatments that are safe and effective or choose treatments that...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Held a Hearing on PBMs; HHS Reorganizes Technology,...

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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

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: House Held a Markup of 23 Bills; Senators Announced a Proposal on Primary Care Payment Reform

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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

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review: House Passes Appropriations Bill and Senate Expected to Vote Shortly, CMS Unveils the ACO Primary Care...

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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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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - September 2022

It is an old problem in medical care -- and human life. The stigma of some human conditions -- weight gain, mental health, substance abuse, and now monkey pox, to name a few -- brings shame. And shame brings silence. And...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Outlook for Action on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Initiatives

Prompted by rising rates of overdose deaths, suicides and incidence of mental illness in at-risk populations, such as children, Congress has spent the better part of the year working in a bipartisan manner to develop and...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Opioid court cases offer hard evidence: Path to justice can be rocky

Patients who say they were injured by wealthy corporations must possess great fortitude as they seek justice in the civil system, as has been reaffirmed by the courts in California and Oklahoma that rejected separate cases...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Rob DeConti on the Latest Guidance and Insights from the OIG at HHS

In this podcast Rob DeConti, Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs within the office of counsel to the Inspector General at HHS, was good enough to share a tremendous amount of insight into what the OIG is seeing,...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

U.S. ends confusion and expands prescribing of opioid-fighting medication

Health workers with legal prescribing privileges have gotten newly revised federal guidelines — once again — making it easier for them to help those addicted to powerful opioid painkillers by prescribing buprenorphine,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] Vaccine IP Fight; Delicate Dem Dynamics; Deciphering CDC

In this new episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome public law and policy partners Ed Pagano and Clete Willems to talk federal health...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Consultant to pay $573.9 million as consequence of its sketchy opioid advice

The opioid abuse and drug overdose crisis has tarred yet another of the nation’s business titans: McKinsey, a globally renowned consulting firm, has discovered that providing corporate clients sketchy advice about addictive,...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

U.S. suit accuses Walmart of fueling deadly opioid crisis via its pharmacies

The stain of the nation’s opioid abuse and drug overdose crisis has spread now to Bentonville, Ark., as federal prosecutors have sued Walmart, accusing the nation’s largest retailer of improperly allowing its pharmacists to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 12. In This Month's E-News: December 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) - Finalizing a document issued last year, on Nov. 9 the Food and Drug Administration issued “Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations—Eligibility...more

Hogan Lovells

[Webinar] Looking ahead to 2021: Impacts of the election for the life sciences and health care industry - November 19th, 12:30 pm...

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Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons virtual event series - The fast pace of innovation in the life sciences and health care industry has reached an all-time high in 2020 as the industry grapples with the new reality of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - September 2020

As the November elections rapidly approach, Congress faces a number of key legislative deadlines, including the need to fund federal agencies and extend expiring federal programs at the conclusion of the current fiscal year...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] Around the Corner: Evolving Opportunities and Challenges for Real-World Evidence and Data-Powered Solutions - August...

Healthcare research has faced severe disruption during the COVID-19 public health emergency and underscored the need for novel technological solutions that harness and utilize data beyond traditional clinical research models....more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - June 2020

The plague of misinformation, disinformation and uncertainty swirling through our pandemic world has one distinct upside for our human brains.: the chance to better understand and cope with the cognitive biases that influence...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Detailed Summary of Federal Requirements for Production of Hand Sanitizing Products

To meet the growing need for hand sanitizing products, various federal agencies including the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Federal Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress have...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

As virus slams U.S., courage and valor are on display — but some not-so-great behavior too

As the Covid-19 pandemic slams the United States — with infections exceeding 100,000 and deaths spiking  beyond 2,000 — the battle with the viral outbreak underscores the axiom that a crisis brings out true character, good...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont Health Care Update 02-17-2020 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

Push to end surprise medical billing - The Senate Finance Committee heard from providers and health insurers on S.309, a bill that prohibits certain provisions in contracts between health insurers and health care...more

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