Understanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The PBM Landscape Explained
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 204: Accelerating Life Sciences Startups with James Chappell of SCbio
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Are Payers Responding to the IRA?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 203: Manufacturing Specialty Drugs for Rare Diseases in North Carolina with Paul Testa of Kyowa Kirin
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
The Future of Laboratory Testing Just Got a Little Clearer: FDA's Final Rule on LDTs – Diagnosing Health Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 195: Life Sciences and Healthcare Workforce Development with Dr. John Hauser of Gaston College
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 194: Workforce Development for the Life Sciences Industry with David Stefanich of Rymedi
FDA Releases Laboratory-Developed Tests Final Rule – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Changes in FDA, Cannabis Policies and AI Developments
340B Drug Pricing Program Compliance
Episode 185: America’s Bioeconomy with Sarah Glaven, White House Research Biologist
Episode 183: Site Development for Life Sciences Companies with Adam Bruns of Site Selection Magazine
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 171: Laura Gunter, President of the NC Life Sciences Organization
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 169: Shirley Paddock, Senior VP of Clinical Development, Syneos Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 168: Christine Harhaj, Senior Director of Advocacy & Strategic Alliances, PhRMA
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 167: Dr. Ehsan Samei & Dr. Susan Halabi, Triangle CERSI
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 165: Doug Edgeton, President and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 163: David Ellison, Chief Data Scientist for Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group
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
This month, I explore just how old medical devices are as measured by the date they were cleared or approved by the FDA, using the Global Unique Device Identification Database....more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Safety Communication advising healthcare providers to stop implanting Equinoxe Shoulder System joint replacement devices manufactured by Exactech. The Safety...more
On December 17, 2024, recent amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) and the Medical Devices Regulations (MDR) relating to the recall of drugs and medical devices will come into force....more
I may be jumping the gun here, but I’m anxious to understand how the new flurry of AI medical devices is performing in the marketplace, or more specifically, whether the devices are failing to perform in a way that...more
As discussed in our May 6, 2024, Client Alert, earlier this year FDA issued its Final Rule for the regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) that the FDA has historically treated with enforcement discretion. A week...more
The food, drug and medical device industries comprise some of the most closely regulated sectors in the United States. The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) actively exercises authority by constantly changing legislation...more
On May 29, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an effort to vacate its recent final rule that will gradually phase out FDA’s long-standing policy of enforcement...more
On May 6, 2024 the FDA published its much-anticipated Final Rule on Lab-Developed Tests (“LDTs”) to make explicit that in vitro diagnostic products (“IVDs”) are devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FD&C...more
At the end of 2022, FDA published a draft guidance on Voluntary Malfunction Summary Reporting (VMSR) Program for Manufacturers. The draft guidance explains several aspects of the VMSR Program, including FDA’s approach to...more
On March 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") filed an amicus brief in Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, et al. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York, LLC, et al., 2:23-cv-20964, U.S. District Court for the...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has proposed updated guidance, intended to assist individuals in meeting the cybersecurity requirements for FDA medical device submissions....more
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
3M recently completed the spinoff of its healthcare technology business as the new standalone public company, Solventum Corporation. Solventum has an IP portfolio with over 7,300 patents globally....more
Combination products present a tremendous opportunity to improve health outcomes, because they leverage multiple disciplines. If we were, for example, to focus on drugs alone with little thought to how they might be...more
Amending prior requirements, medical device manufacturers and importers have two years to comply with FDA's Quality Management System Regulation final rule, a similar approach to prior good manufacturing practices but with...more
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new regulations to reduce ethylene oxide emissions. According to the EPA’s press release, the new regulations are “the strongest measures in U.S. history to...more
Artificial intelligence or AI isn’t going anywhere, and the FDA is the latest agency to recognize its potential to revolutionize healthcare by advancing medical product development, improving patient care, and expanding the...more
Although we are only two and a half months in, 2024 has already seen its fair share of impactful 340B developments on both the litigation and legislative fronts....more