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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Regulatory Race Is On: The Biden Administration Sprints to Issue Key Health Policies

The upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process and even the guidance process. From now through the November election, the...more

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Is Your DNA Safe? DNA Sequencing Machines Found to Contain Critical Vulnerabilities

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Key Points: Illumina DNA sequencing machines are vulnerable to exploitation. Both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have published advisories urging all...more

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Five Key Considerations for Study Pre-Screening and Recruitment Initiatives in the Digital Age

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Key players across the healthcare industry—including sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs), research sites, regulators and patient advocates—are well aware of the challenges associated with the prompt and effective...more

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ONC and OCR Issue Joint Fact Sheet on Use of PHI for Public Health Activities

Whenever fact sheets or other guidance is issued by either the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) or the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), it helps gain insight into the thinking of the...more

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The Tech Industry’s Next Frontier?

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Tongue-in-cheek references to Pokémon Go as a health App aside, maybe the tech industry is on to something. In the U.S., seven out of every ten deaths are due to chronic diseases, such as diabetes or heart disease. Perhaps...more

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Alert: Key Regulatory Considerations for Digital Health Companies

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Digital health is a growing field that promises improved patient education, wellness, engagement, access to care, and outcomes, among other things. However, with these new technologies come unique regulatory concerns that...more

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Mobile Health Devices and Cybersecurity: Federal Guidance for Management of Threats in Medical Devices

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New Technology = New Threats - With new technology comes new security concerns. But when that new technology is in the medical field, the cybersecurity vulnerabilities can be particularly devastating. The...more

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Blog: No More Paper PIs? FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Electronic Distribution of Prescribing Information

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Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule to require electronic distribution of the prescribing information intended for health care professionals (often called the “PI”) for human...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Device Advice: New Guidance From the FDA on Medical Devices and Cybersecurity

Are medical devices, subject to pre- and post-market regulatory controls, under increasing cybersecurity scrutiny? The FDA recently published recommendations for consideration of cybersecurity management in a product’s design...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

House committee questions authority of a DHHS staff division to regulate health IT

Is the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) overstepping its statutory authority in pursuing enhanced regulatory activity? A June 3, 2014 letter from the House Committee on Energy and...more

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