AGG Talks: Government Insight for Life Sciences Leaders | Patient Assistance Programs and the False Claims Act: Enforcement Trends and Compliance Risks for Life Sciences Companies
Health-e Law Episode 19: From AI to OBBBA: Healthcare Law Insights from the 2025 WHLC Leadership Summit with Amy Dilcher and Chi Huynh, WHLC Co-Chairs
Video Overview: Healthcare Trend Report - A Review of the Pharmacy and Drug Supply Chain Sectors
Concierge Practices: Understanding the Model and Its Unique Challenges
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - How to Build Compliant and Effective Peer Review Processes into Your Bylaws, Part 2
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 264: 2026 Healthcare Industry Trends & Challenges with Lauren DeMoss and Matthew Roberts
Investors Prepare to Navigate FDA Crosswinds Ahead of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 263: Building NC's Innovation Ecosystem with Andrea Conner of First Flight Venture Center
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospital to Hospice: Managing Referrals and Relationships
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 262: Breaking the “Undruggable” Barrier with Marcel Frenkel of Ten63 Therapeutics
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 7 – Tobacco and Nicotine Regulatory Roundup — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Navigating FDA's 2025 AI Guidance: Risk-Based Framework, Public Comments, and Generative Models - The Good Bot Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 261: Transforming Lives with Advanced BioMaterials with Dr. Juliana Blum of BioAesthetics
The Down-Low on Data for Value-Based Enterprises and Their Participating Providers – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
The Corner Series Podcast: Scaling Medical Aesthetics
The Corner Series Podcast: Patent Investment Strategies
The Corner Series Podcast: Integration Over Aggregation in Oral Surgery
Early-Stage Spotlight - Kyha's Approach to Women's Health — PE Pathways Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 260: Innovation and Policy in Animal Health with Ron Phillips of the Animal Health Institute
The Corner Series Podcast: Site-of-Care Optimization
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
The life sciences M&A market is reemerging in 2026 as a competitive arena for strategic buyers, after several years of subdued activity. ...more
In 2025, the Rx IP Update team at Smart & Biggar reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. Highlights from 2025 are below...more
Compliance is never really optional, but this is especially true in healthcare; it’s the backbone of patient trust, ethical operations and organizational success. Everything from clinical care to data management is governed...more
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that may breathe new life into efforts to move marijuana to a less restrictive schedule under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”)....more
FDA updated its General Wellness policy to clarify and take a step back from previous positions on health and wellness technology. The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) unexpectedly updated its policy on general...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in conjunction with the Departments of Treasury and Labor, published a proposed rule on December 23, 2025 to update the price transparency reporting requirements for...more
On December 17, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that a deal was reached with lawmakers to move forward with signing the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law. Hochul’s announcement paves the way for New York to join 12...more
J.P. Morgan continues to surprise us at lunch, with the Mayor of San Francisco sharing on Monday an update on recent improvements in the city. Then on Tuesday at the Grand Ballroom lunch, it was the first episode of my...more
At the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Jamie Dimon (CEO of J.P. Morgan) told the audience that we should be teaching healthcare in school from kindergarten to 12th grade. He was right…but we don’t. And,...more
Welcome to our first issue of 2026 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. We have been publishing The Health Record for three years and we hope you find it informative and helpful. We appreciate you...more
Philadelphia has passed legislation prohibiting discrimination and requiring accommodation on the basis of needs related to menstruation, perimenopause, or menopause, becoming the first major U.S. city to explicitly offer...more
When someone is injured because of another person’s negligence, proving that injury in a legal claim is essential — but not always easy. While broken bones and visible wounds are often straightforward, other types of injuries...more
Pharmaceutical companies generate vast data during drug development and regulatory processes, making eDiscovery complex due to data volume, sensitivity, and compliance. Efficient eDiscovery solutions are essential to manage...more
In an unfavorable Advisory Opinion issued last week, the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) found that a home care agency’s plan to market sign-on bonuses to prospective employees...more
Under OSHA’s General Duty Clause, employers must provide a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause serious injury or death. OSHA regulations require PPE and respiratory protection where necessitated by the...more
Group health plan sponsors should take note of the February 16, 2026 deadline to update HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices (“NPPs”) to reflect recent privacy updates for Part 2 records....more
The intensity of China’s transformation over the past decades has unleashed unparalleled momentum while also presenting profound challenges to its socioeconomic ambitions, impacting how multinationals navigate this new...more
Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and Nate Mendell, both former federal prosecutors and members of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, hosted the twelfth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on...more
As Americans kick off the new year with resolutions to get fit, sleep better, and take better care of themselves, the FDA has broadened access to the wearable wellness device market to a greater number of products. In a...more
On December 31, 2025, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) extended current regulatory flexibilities related to tele-prescribing of controlled substances for another year. The DEA issued a fourth temporary...more
On January 20, 2025, the President signed Executive Order 14148, titled “Initial Rescission of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” A significant aspect of this Executive Order is the removal of previous protections against...more
The Trump Administration continues to pursue a policy of AI dominance, which began with its January 23, 2025 executive order to remove “barriers” to Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) innovation to promote “human flourishing,...more
A client calls and says, “We’re cooking up a bispecific antibody. We want to mix and match binding sequences like a molecular gastronomy tasting menu. Some will go into CAR-T dishes. And of course, we want patents...more
To the relief of food manufacturers rushing to find natural substitutes for synthetic food dyes, a federal court has temporarily halted the enforcement of West Virginia’s House Bill 2354 (HB 2354). HB 2354 banned several...more
