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Washington Healthcare Update - May 2024 #2

This Week in Washington: House Ways and Means Committee marks up telehealth legislation; CMS extends state Medicaid unwinding flexibilities; Senate HELP Committee ranking member releases white paper outlining possible NIH...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The FDA and the Future of AI Oversight

In January 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report highlighting current obstacles to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) timely and effective regulation of artificial intelligence (AI)...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: January 5, 2024

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Congress Returns Next Week to Face Imminent Funding Deadlines. The Senate will return to session on January 8, and the House will return on January 9. Lawmakers face an immediate time crunch on FY 2024 appropriations, as the...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - October 2023

This Week in Washington: Congress passes Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded until Nov. 17; CMS announces premium increase for Medicare Advantage plans in FY 2024; HHS releases shutdown contingency plan...more

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Artificial Intelligence - The Promise of Early Disease Diagnosis and Improved Treatment and the Potential of Liability

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If there is one thing that everyone can agree on, it is that health is an important factor in life. In 2021, over 3 million people died in the United States with heart disease and cancer topping the list....more

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Congress Expands Pathway for Drug & Device Manufacturers’ Pre-Approval Communication of Health Care Economic Information to...

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The legislation previously introduced as the Pre-Approval Information Exchange Act of 2022 ( “PIE Act”) was passed as part of Congress’s December 23, 2022 omnibus spending bill. Once signed into law, this legislation will...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Changes Direction in Final CDS Guidance

FDA Also Issues Report on Software Pre-Cert Pilot, Leaving Unanswered Questions on Future of Software Regulation - Key Points - The Final Guidance does not address the FDA’s risk-based enforcement discretion policy...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Volume 3, Issue 13

AHA Expresses Member Support for PATCH Act, Medical Device Security "In a letter addressed to Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), who first introduced the PATCH Act, the AHA said that the association and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA User Fee Reauthorization Gains Momentum with Senate HELP Committee Approval

There continues to be no shortage of FDA-related issues in front of Congress this summer. In recent days, the pace of Congressional action on reauthorizing FDA’s user fee programs has significantly picked up with the Senate...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 10, 2022

House Subcommittee Debates Device Remanufacturing Definition, Sends User-Fees Bill to Next Stage "Proponents of the remanufacturing bill are looking to better distinguish between medical device remanufacturing, and...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - March 2022 #2

This Week in Washington: Congress Passes Appropriations to Fund Government Through Fiscal Year 2023...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - January 2022 #4

This Week in Washington: Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray and Ranking Member Richard Burr Release Discussion Draft of Bipartisan Pandemic and Public Health Response Bill....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 18

El Salvador Buys 200 Bitcoins as the Digital Currency Becomes Legal Tender - "El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency, kicking off a radical monetary experiment that could pose risks to...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - June 2021 #1

Congress - House and Senate are in recess for two weeks. Senate - Brooks-LaSure Confirmed as CMS Administrator - On May 25, the Senate voted 55-44 to confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the Centers for Medicare...more

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FDA Issues New Guidance on Remote Interactive Evaluations for Oversight of Drug Facilities

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Our FDA Compliance & Enforcement Team examines the Food and Drug Administration’s first guidance on remote interactive evaluations, a tool in response to the agency’s COVID-19 inspection postponements....more

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GAO to Investigate PE-Backed Institutional Review Boards

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to investigate the operations of for-profit Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) following a request made by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sherrod Drown (D-OH), and...more

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Alston & Bird Healthcare Week in Review

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Healthcare Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update - October 2019 #1

This week in Washington: The House and Senate are in recess. Congress House Senate Administration Proposed Regulations/Guidance Final Rules/Guidance Reports House Bipartisan Legislation Introduced on Accurate Provider...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Washington Healthcare Update January 2019 #4

Government Shutdown: An agreement was reached and those parts of the federal government that were shut down will reopen today. The agreement is good until Feb. 15. As a reminder, the only portion of the U.S. Department of...more

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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

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CONGRESS RECONVENES, WITH A FOCUS ON OPIOIDS - Lawmakers return today to Capitol Hill after a two-week recess, and multiple committees in both the House and Senate are poised to examine the opioid crisis and potential...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Commissioner Agrees Industry Is No Beast of Burden; Provides Plan to Improve Least Burdensome Approach

The concept of “least burdensome” review is not new. Starting with the FDA Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA), the Food and Drug Administration has been directed to take the “least burdensome approach” to the premarket...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for "Least Burdensome” Approach to Device Regulation

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The FDA recently issued a draft guidance document intended to “to ensure that least burdensome principles are implemented for all device-related applications and interactions with FDA.”  The FDA provides this draft guidance...more

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Alston & Bird Healthcare Week in Review

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On December 11, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance entitled, Product Name Placement, Size, and Prominence in Promotional Labeling and Advertisements. The guidance clarifies the requirements for...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - August 2017

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Senate Passes Long-Awaited FDA User Fee Package

Following nearly two years of negotiations and hearings examining the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA) and the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA), the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) and the Medical Device User...more

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