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Recent Investigations by the Texas Attorney General Piggyback on Federal ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Initiatives

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that his office is investigating some of the country’s most ubiquitous home brands — including Colgate-Palmolive, Proctor & Gamble, and General Mills — for allegedly...more

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Better Health Care Newsletter - April 2025

Plutocrats reigned. The gulf between rich and poor was huge. Nativist extremists, populist politicians, and major elements of the media clamored about the waves of immigrants flooding into America. And health challenges...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Drug Pricing and Health Care Fraud Remain Key Issues

Key Points - - It remains to be seen what priorities Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marty Makary might set if confirmed as HHS secretary and FDA commissioner, respectively. - The Trump administration will likely focus on drug...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, December 2020 # 7

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In Washington: The House passed a one-week funding extension (HR 8900) to give lawmakers more time to finalize a fiscal 2021 spending package and coronavirus relief. The vote was 343-67. The measure (HR 8900) now goes to...more

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

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In Washington - President Trump announced a plan Monday to deploy 150 million rapid tests to states and vulnerable communities. This comes one month after the administration initially announced the purchase. During a Rose...more

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Trump Administration Releases Series of Executive Orders on Drug Pricing

The Trump Administration issued a series of Executive Orders (“EOs” or “Orders”) Friday afternoon related to drug pricing. Several of the EOs seek to restart stalled or withdrawn policy initiatives previously announced by the...more

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Administration Finally Releases Proposed Drug Importation Policies for Stakeholder and Public Comments

At the end of July 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jointly published the Safe Importation Action Plan, which outlined the Trump Administration’s two-part...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order on Advancing Kidney Health

On July 10, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health (the EO). Executive orders are issued under the authority of the Constitution, Article II, Sections 1 and 3, requiring that the...more

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Taming Big Pharma profiteering is no snap, White House learns in dual defeats

It takes more than a lot of huffing and puffing to blow down the ever-rising high costs of prescription drugs, the Trump administration has found. Two defeats happened last week: officials were forced to pull a plan to curb...more

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Significant Drug Pricing Developments in July – Here’s What You Need To Know

In May, the Trump Administration announced its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and HHS Secretary Azar issued a Request for Information seeking comments from interested parties “to help shape future policy development and...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 #3

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health Care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - June 2018 pt 2

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

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White House Unveils Proposal on Drug Pricing

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On Feb. 9, 2018, the Trump Administration released a 30-page report analyzing domestic and global factors influencing drug pricing. The report by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is expected to inform the HHS' Fiscal...more

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Senators Urge the Administration to Certify Imports of Prescription Drugs from Canada, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Update,...

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On May 15, 2017, Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA), John McCain (R-AZ), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") Director Mick Mulvaney prompting him to work with the Department of...more

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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

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The Senate this week is likely to give final congressional approval to legislation that adds billions of dollars for biomedical research and aims to speed the discovery and development of new drugs and medical devices. The...more

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