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Impact of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders and Actions for Academic Institutions & Federal Funded Research Community

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The Trump Administration’s first two months have been marked by a flurry of actions impacting federal grant recipients, federal contractors, and academic and scientific researchers. These unprecedented measures, including...more

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Democratic AGs Block NIH Grant Cuts

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A coalition of 22 Democratic AGs obtained a preliminary injunction blocking the implementation of the Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (Rate Change Notice), which would have...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

‘Waking Up With Panic Attacks’: NIH 15% Plan Caps Tumultuous Weeks Under New Administration

If NIH succeeds in imposing an across-the-board indirect cost rate of 15%, rough estimates indicate the University of Michigan could lose $119 million a year. Emory University could be down $75 million. For the University of...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

White House Establishes MAHA Commission Under Leadership of New HHS Secretary Kennedy

On Feb. 13, moments after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as secretary of health and human services, President Donald Trump issued his first health care Executive Order (EO) under new leadership, laying the groundwork to...more

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Another Change, Did You See NIH's Near-Immediate Change to Your Indirect Cost Rate?

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Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration has introduced sweeping changes across the federal government that have impacted the federal grantee and contractor community. Adding to these changes, the National Institutes...more

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Under RFK Jr., US Health Policy and FDA Operations May See Major Shifts

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has been confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this capacity, RFK Jr. will oversee 13 agencies that are critical to U.S. health policy,...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: February 10, 2025

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Budget Reconciliation Process Begins - The Senate Budget Committee will hold a two-day markup on its budget resolution, officially kickstarting the reconciliation process. The resolution includes directions for committee...more

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Capping It All Off: NIH Caps Indirect Rates for Grants

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SUMMARY: On February 7, 2025, the Office of the Director for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a Notice (Notice No. NOT-OD-25-068) imposing a cap of 15% on the indirect cost rates that can be charged to the...more

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HHS Implements Communication Freeze: Top points

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Last week, Acting Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dorothy Fink instructed federal health agencies within the HHS to freeze all external communications, including health advisories, weekly...more

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Athira Pharma Inc. Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

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On January 6, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Athira Pharma Inc., a Washington-based biopharmaceutical company, agreed to pay over $4 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The...more

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Federal Agencies Take Action on AI One Year After AI Executive Order — AI: The Washington Report

President Biden’s Executive Order on AI (AI EO), issued on October 30, 2023, directed various agencies to take certain actions within one year of the AI EO’s issuance. On October 24, 2024, the White House announced that...more

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Investors, Researchers, and Business Leaders Take Note: $110M Awarded to Advance Women’s Health

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On October 23, 2024, Dr. Jill Biden, first lady of the United States,  announced the winners of $110 million in awards on behalf of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to accelerate transformative...more

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Long-Awaited Changes to Research Misconduct Rules Have Arrived

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On 12 September 2024, the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (Final Rule) that significantly modified the standards, procedures, and requirements...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

New ORI Misconduct Rule Offers ‘Thoughtful’ Revisions in Wake of Highly Criticized NPRM

Now that the HHS Office for Research Integrity (ORI) has published its final rule revising 2005 regulations governing misconduct, compliance officials could be engaging in three activities simultaneously: checking to see if...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

ORI’s Garrity: Final Rule ‘Walks Delicate Line’

Sheila Garrity, director of the HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI), recently spoke to RRC about the agency‘s new rule revising research misconduct regulations, which has a compliance date of Jan. 1, 2026 (see related...more

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ORI Issues Final Revisions to 2005 PHS Research Misconduct Regulations

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On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Office of Research Integrity (“ORI”) issued its Final Rule, the long-anticipated update to the 2005 Public Health Service Policies...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: September 2024

Report on Research Compliance 21, no. 9 (September, 2024) - Based on their review of public data on ClinicalTrials.gov, a bipartisan quartet of U.S. representatives has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: August 2024

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 15 days from receipt of its June 21 warning letter to elaborate on corrective actions to address violations of federal requirements...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

NY Medical College Clashes With OIG After Audit Questions $7.5M, PI Salaries, ‘Illegible Signatures’

New York Medical College (NYMC) officials thought the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit was wrapping up in December 2021, based on what “the original senior auditor” told them. But the auditor retired and work...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Federal Agencies Take Sweeping Action on AI in Accordance with AI EO — AI: The Washington Report (Part 2 of 2)

President Joe Biden’s October 2023 Executive Order on AI directed agencies to institute a significant number of actions on AI. On April 29, 2024, the White House announced that federal agencies had completed “all of the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: May 2024

Some funding applications submitted to NIH beginning Jan. 25 will face new requirements and undergo a revised peer review process. To prepare investigators and institutions, NIH launched a dedicated website with details about...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OHRP FY 25 Budget Request Lacks Prior Plea For Funding, Staff Increases; Plans Are Modest

In December 2022, Julie Kaneshiro—then deputy director of the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)—disclosed that the agency had 32 positions but that only 20 were filled, leaving 12 vacant or “on hold,” due to...more

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FDA's View on Cannabis

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is continuing to support clinical research for cannabis and psychedelic drug development. On the heels of publishing its first draft guidance on clinical trials involving...more

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AI Provisions in Biden’s FY 2025 Budget Proposal — AI: The Washington Report

President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars allocated towards executive branch AI efforts. The budget proposal’s AI-related provisions can be sorted into three...more

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Clinical Research: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Informed Consent

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration other agencies, recently published draft guidance (Guidance) on effectively presenting key information regarding informed consent in FDA-regulated clinical...more

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