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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 10, December 2024

Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of Decoded. We hope you enjoyed reading our technology law insights e-newsletter this year. We are already planning for 2025. ...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Massachusetts Implements Long-Awaited Licensing Regime for Out-of-State Pharmacies

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Until recently, Massachusetts was the only state that did not maintain a licensing regime for nonresident pharmacies (i.e., out-of-state pharmacies shipping drugs into the state). On December 6, 2024, the Massachusetts Board...more

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Novo Nordisk Faces an Increasing Number of Lawsuits Alleging Harm Caused By Wegovy

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Wegovy and other GLP-1 medications have become extremely popular over the past few years. Novo Nordisk (which makes both Wegovy and Ozempic) and other drug manufacturers have invested heavily in promoting these drugs as...more

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Employee Benefit Plans: Important Considerations for Year-End and 2025

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For calendar-year plans, the 2025 plan year is right around the corner. And even for non-calendar-year plans, January 1, 2025, is a key implementation date for certain plan features. This is the ideal time for plan sponsors...more

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JPM2025: AI integration into UK’s MHRA’s processes presents opportunities, and challenges for regulating medicinal product...

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Access to first-in-class medicinal products that can save and transform lives is crucial for patients in the UK – and the earlier the access, the more significant the impact. Equally vital, however, is that such products are...more

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A New Budgetary Line Item for 2025 - New York-based Hospitals Should Plan Now for the Fiscal and Operational Costs Associated with...

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On October 2, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued new cybersecurity regulations (Regulations) for all general hospitals in New York state (“hospitals”), creating a new Section 405.46 in Title 10 (Health)...more

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Dairy Industry Alerted to New USDA Order Requiring National Raw Milk Testing

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In response to an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu among dairy cows in at least 15 states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new federal order (the Order) requiring dairy farms and other entities...more

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FDA’s first Digital Health AdComm meeting mulls promises & perils of Generative AI

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Amid continued rapid development of novel software products that present new opportunities in the health care space, FDA has yet to grant marketing authorization to a medical device incorporating artificial intelligence (AI)...more

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FDA permits pre-approval for changes to AI devices via Predetermined Change Control Plans

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized guidance on the types of information that should be included in a Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) as part of a marketing submission for an artificial...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Predetermined Change Control Plans for AI-Enabled Medical Device Software

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On December 4, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released its final guidance for industry on predetermined change control plans (“PCCPs”) for devices that utilize artificial intelligence-enabled software...more

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AI and Pharmacovigilance Under the FDA's New Emerging Drug Safety Technology Program – The Good Bot Podcast

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Join Troutman Pepper Partner Brett Mason for a podcast series analyzing the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), health care, and the law. In this installment of The Good Bot, host Brett Mason is joined by Partner...more

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The Trifecta: What to Expect from a Second Trump Administration and a Republican Congress

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Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more

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Massachusetts “Patients First Act” Implementation and Enforcement Re-Extended

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The Massachusetts Senate proposed an amendment on Monday December 2, 2024, that would delay implementation and enforcement of the 2021 Patients First Act addressing health care cost transparency. Section 31 of the amendment...more

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Podcast — Drug Pricing: What’s in the New CMS Medicaid Final Rule?

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published its final rule to implement the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 (MSIAA). The final rule significantly deviates from the...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 217: Japanese Investment in North Carolina’s Life...

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Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Lauren welcome David Robinson, an attorney at Maynard Nexsen, who also serves as the Honorary Consul for Japan in North Carolina and Chairman of the NC...more

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Account for the New Low in What Jurors Think of Health Insurers

In Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol,” the final act is brought by the spectral Ghost of Christmas Future who shows the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge the vision of those he mistreated in life celebrating his death after...more

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Strategies for Success With Allermi

Allermi, a San Francisco-based telehealth company, is redefining personalized allergy care by offering compounded nasal spray products that combine multiple active ingredients at varying dosages and combinations into a single...more

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: EPA's New Initiative Will Assist 200 Small or Disadvantaged Communities Reduce Their Exposure...

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On November 20, 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced its new initiative—The Tackling Emerging Contaminants Initiative (Initiative). This Initiative is funded by a portion of President Biden’s $50 billion...more

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HIPAA Rule Strengthening the Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Services Takes Effect December 23rd

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On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced its final rule entitled “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy” (the “Reproductive Health Care...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: December 9, 2024

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11 Days Left in Lame Duck - Both houses of Congress are in this week as we approach December 20, the deadline by which Congress must pass a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the government moving forward. ...more

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Failure to Diagnose a Heart Condition

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A heart condition can often be a silent but serious threat to a person’s health. Timely diagnosis and treatment are crucial to prevent life-altering or fatal consequences. However, when a healthcare provider fails to diagnose...more

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CMS Finalizes Virtual Direct Supervision Extension and Rule Changes

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On November 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its proposal to extend virtual direct supervision—i.e., the ability to provide direct supervision through real-time, audio-visual technology (rather...more

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CMS Extends Deadline for Skilled Nursing Facilities to Complete Off-Cycle Revalidations

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To implement its November 2023 final rule on ownership transparency for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has updated its Medicare enrollment application for...more

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New Illinois Laws in 2025: What Employers Need to Know

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Several new laws approved by the Illinois General Assembly and signed into law this year by Governor JB Pritzker are aimed at protecting and expanding the rights of employees in the state. The new measures’ effect will also...more

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Stem Cell Litigation Update: FDA Won the Latest Battle, but the Future of HCT/P Enforcement Remains Unclear

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On September 27, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision in U.S. v. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Inc. (“California Stem Cell”), holding that a clinic’s stem cell...more

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