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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Minnesota House Commerce Committee Chair Announces 2013 Priorities

by John Knapp | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 1/3/2013

House Commerce Committee Chair Designate Joe Atkins has announced his top ten committee topics for the 2013 legislative session. Leading the list, not surprisingly, is health insurance exchange legislation. Passage of HIE...more

President Obama Signs Bipartisan FDA User Fee Legislation

by McDermott Will & Emery on 7/11/2012

On July 9, 2012, President Obama signed legislation that reauthorizes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to assess user fees to support the agency’s review of marketing applications for drugs (including biologics)...more

The Regulatory Future of mHealth: FCC, FDA and the United States Congress

by Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group on 6/19/2012

As a general matter FDA regulates all medical devices and FCC regulates devices that utilize electromagnetic spectrum - i.e. broadcast devices. So with regard to mobile health devices - sensors, applications, systems - FDA...more

Capital Thinking Update - June 11, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 6/12/2012

General Legislative The House is not scheduled to be in session next week. The Senate will convene at 2:00 p.m. on Monday to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3240, the Farm bill, post-cloture. ...more

House Hearing on Food Marketing to Kids -- Seller Beware

by Dechert LLP on 10/21/2011

Two subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Health, held a joint hearing last week on the issue of “Food Marketing: Can...more

Facebook Saves Woman's Life: Newt Gingrich and Reality-Based Healthcare Systems Planning

by The Harlow Group LLC on 12/10/2010

To me, this story does not represent a shining example of the Facebook cure, a "House"-like bit of detective work neatly yielding the result we all knew could be pulled out of the proverbial hat. Instead, it represents yet...more