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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

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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

Troutman Pepper

New FDA Guidance on AI and Medical Products

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n March 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a paper titled “Artificial Intelligence and Medical Products: How CBER, CDER, CDRH, and OCP are Working Together.” This paper describes the FDA’s strategy for...more

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FDA Updates Medical Device Shortages List

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The FDA has updated its Medical Device Shortages List to remove Specimen Collection, Laboratory Reagents and Testing Supplies, Transport Media Device, Saline Vascular Access Flush, and Certain Ventilation-Related Products....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Special Report - 2022 FDA Year in Review

As the United States’ primary public health and consumer protection agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates at least one quarter of the nation’s economy and exerts significant influence over global...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK’s MHRA Publishes Response to Consultation on Future Medical Devices Regulation

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The response includes a considered implementation plan to strengthen the regulation of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics, improve patient safety, and foster innovation post-Brexit. On 26 June 2022, the UK Medicines...more

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Publicité et communication sur les dispositifs médicaux : la Charte française tant attendue enfin publiée !

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L'arrêté ministériel fixant la Charte relative à la qualité des pratiques professionnelles de présentation, d'information ou de publicité des dispositifs médicaux à usage individuel, des autres produits de santé et de tout...more

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Advertising and communication on medical devices: France’s long-awaited Charter finally published!

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The French ministerial order laying down the Charter on the quality of professional practices for the presentation, information or promotion of medical devices for individual use, other health products and any associated...more

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New York Medical and Life Sciences: Year in Review 2021

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From pharmaceuticals to dietary supplements, preemption to public health, New York state and federal courts issued decisions in 2021, which further shaped the landscape in the medical and life sciences legal world. To prepare...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on 506J Notifications for Medical Devices

Bob Dylan sang, “Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know.” In January 2022, the Food and Drug Administration said the same to the medical device industry when it issued a draft guidance, “Notifying the FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance or...more

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Things for Pharma and Biotech Companies to Watch in the Cures 2.0 Proposed Legislation

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Last week, Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) introduced in the House highly anticipated bill language for “Cures 2.0”, a follow-up to the transformational 21st Century Cures Act enacted in 2016... The 21st Century...more

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Researchers Develop Face Mask for Detection of SARS-CoV-2

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According to an article published in Nature Biotechnology, Harvard and MIT researchers invented a face mask for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, via a user’s breath.  Instead of relying on a lab, the...more

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Nephros Acquires GenArraytion for $1.2 million

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Nephros, Inc. acquired GenArraytion, Inc., a manufacturer of infectious disease monitoring and measurement products. The acquisition is Nephros’s first medical products sector transaction....more

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The TGA and the Iron Mask

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In 2020, heightened demand for health care resulted in an influx of therapeutic goods being included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG). A large portion of these goods are manufactured in China however,...more

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FDA issues list of essential medicines and countermeasures required under Buy American Executive Order

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Regarding the Trump Administration’s August 6, 2020 “Buy American” Executive Order, which was the subject of a prior client alert, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it published a list of 223 drug and...more

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Regulation of COVID-19 Tests in the EU: when do you need to involve a Notified Body?

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Since early this year, the COVID-19 virus substantially affects our daily life. Testing for the presence of or past exposure to the virus is an essential aspect of combatting the COVID-19 outbreak and a number of companies...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA Announces That Domestic Inspections Will Resume

On July 10, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announced plans to resume domestic facility inspections following the March 2020 suspension of most foreign and domestic facility inspections as a result...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Continuity Podcast: Entering the COVID-19 Marketplace: Proceed with Care

COVID-19 is transforming the way businesses create products and go-to-market, especially when launching health products during a pandemic, on an expedited timeline. How are they managing the regulatory requirements and public...more

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COVID-19 Challenges Medical Equipment Supply Chains

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The COVID-19 pandemic is significantly disrupting international trade as global and domestic supply chains grapple with declining trade volumes and inadequate supplies of medical goods, including personal protective equipment...more

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Qualifying for Immunity Under the U.S. PREP Act During COVID-19

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As part of the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 10, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) issued a Declaration pursuant to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness...more

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FDA Allows Modification of Certain Ophthalmic Devices, Expanding Use for Telehealth and Remote Assessment

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In the ongoing effort to reduce in-person contact and exposure during the coronavirus pandemic, this week FDA released the guidance document "Enforcement Policy for Remote Ophthalmic Assessment and Monitoring Devices During...more

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Belgium follows the FDA's approach on the reprocessing of surgical masks and FFP2/FFP3 facemasks

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Given the challenges in maintaining the supplies of healthcare materials such as surgical masks and FFP2 and FFP3 face masks, the Belgian Task Force on shortages, a working group set up by the Belgian Federal Agency for...more

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Outlook of China’s Health Care Sector in Light of COVID-19

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China is cautiously recovering from the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak and is moving into a new period of investor-friendly policies aimed at restarting China’s economic engine....more

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U.S. Cares Act Supply Shortage Provisions: What Drug And Device Manufacturers Need To Know

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On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in response to the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been public discussion...more

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