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FDA Faces Pressure to Enhance Oversight of Online Prescription Drug Promotions

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing pressure from Congress and the medical community to enhance its oversight of online prescription drug advertising. The pressure comes amidst growing concerns about social...more

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FDA Issues Updated Draft Guidance on Addressing Misinformation About Medical Devices and Prescription Drugs

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On July 8, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a new draft guidance for industry titled, Addressing Misinformation About Medical Devices and Prescription Drugs – Questions and Answers (hereafter,...more

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Navigating HIPAA and State Privacy Laws for Drug and Device Manufacturers

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 as amended and implemented through regulations at 45 C.F.R. §§ 160 and 164 (“HIPAA”) regulates the privacy and security of health information. For drug and...more

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June 1 Prescription Drug Reporting Deadline for Group Health Plans

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Employer group health plans must make an annual disclosure of the plan's prescription drug and healthcare spending to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The disclosure, called the Prescription Drug Data...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Patentability and predictability in AI-assisted drug discovery

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are ushering in a new era in drug discovery. The AlphaFold2 system developed by Google’s Deepmind was able to predict the 3D structures of over 200 million proteins -...more

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Group Health Plan Fiduciaries May Now be a Target of Lawsuits for Excessive Fees

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History of 401(k) Plan Excessive Fee Cases. Once the Department of Labor’s participant fee disclosure rules for retirement plans became effective in 2012, the plaintiffs’ bar latched onto recordkeeping and investment fees...more

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IP Hot Topic: Biden Administration Proposes Framework for Exercising Bayh-Dole March-in Rights to Control Drug Pricing

The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced various actions to lower healthcare and prescription drug costs. In one action, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in December 2023 a draft...more

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Connecticut Law Imposes New Requirements on Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Defined to Include Device and Cosmetic Manufacturers,...

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Connecticut Follows in the Footsteps of Other Jurisdictions Requiring Registration of Pharmaceutical Representatives

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

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Departments Roll Back Enforcement Discretion in New Guidance on Transparency in Coverage Rules.

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Well, it was good while it lasted. On September 27th, the Departments issued new FAQs regarding implementation of provisions of The Transparency in Coverage Final Rules (TiC Final Rules). ...more

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ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

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New Jersey Passes Landmark Law to Limit Pharmacy Benefit Managers

New Jersey has passed a landmark law limiting the power of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). On Monday, July 10, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed the law, requiring PBMs to disclose their negotiated reimbursement rates for...more

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After Almost 25 Years, FTC Issues New Health Products Compliance Guidance

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its Health Products Compliance Guidance on December 20, 2022. The 2022 guidance updates and replaces the FTC’s 1998 guidance, Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for...more

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FTC Announces Health Products Compliance Guidance

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On December 20th, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission published new guidance regarding claims about the benefits and safety of health-related products: Health Products Compliance Guidance. This guidance replaces the...more

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New Patient Disclosure Requirement Effective January 1, 2023

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To increase transparency regarding payments to physicians by drug and medical device companies, Governor Newsom signed AB 1278, which imposes certain additional disclosure obligations on physicians. Beginning on January 1,...more

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“Advancing Real-World Evidence Program” offers drug sponsors early FDA meeting opportunity

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FDA has announced the Advancing Real-World Evidence (RWE) Program, which aims to improve the quality and acceptability of RWE-based approaches that can meet regulatory requirements in support of labeling for effectiveness...more

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2022 Drug Pricing Update: States Continue Legislative Push Even As Congress Passes Long Sought Changes

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States remain at the forefront of legislative efforts on a range of issues relating to drug pricing, such as increasing price transparency, capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin, and limiting certain PBM practices. These...more

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Prescription Drug Coverage Sponsors Must Disclose Creditable Status to CMS

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The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) requires employers that offer prescription drug coverage to update the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the creditable...more

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Don’t Forget Medicare Prescription Drug Reporting to CMS

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Most employers who offer plans that include prescription drug coverage are acutely aware of the requirement to notify individuals as to the creditable status of that coverage before October 15 each year. However, many are...more

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Departments Delay Enforcement of Transparency Disclosure Requirements

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Group health plan sponsors soon will face daunting new disclosure and transparency requirements under multiple laws including the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the No Surprises Act (the Act) and the Consolidated Appropriations...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Government Announces Enforcement Discretion, Deferral For Certain Price Disclosures And Future Rulemakings

Health plans and issuers racing to implement overlapping price transparency and disclosure requirements in response to the Transparency in Coverage final rule (TiC Final Rule) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Summary of HB1125: Deceptive Lead Generation

Lawsuit advertisements—specifically ones that target prescription drugs and medical devices—can be dangerous. Nationwide, dramatized and exaggerated legal ads have flooded both televisions and the internet, often masquerading...more

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North Dakota Becomes Latest State to Enact Drug Transparency Law

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Similar to the laws of several other states, the North Dakota law contains three main disclosure requirements that apply to “drug manufacturers” - The Governor of North Dakota signed House Bill 1032 into law on April 27,...more

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Consolidated Appropriations Act Requirements to Increase Health Plan Transparency

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, which was signed into law December 27, 2020, includes provisions designed to increase transparency in employee health benefit plans in four key areas. Removal of Gag Clauses...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Telehealth in Idaho and Elsewhere

Telehealth expanded dramatically in response to the COVID pandemic. Now that providers, patients, payers and public officials have seen the benefits, it is almost certain that telehealth will continue to play an increasingly...more

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