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Ep. 52 – Prioritize Hospital Price Transparency Compliance

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On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to “rapidly implement and enforce” federal healthcare price transparency regulations....more

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rescinds "Richardson Waiver" Policy

On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a new policy to reverse course on certain public notice and comment procedures. This marks a significant change to a process in place for...more

Alston & Bird

FDA Resolves Semaglutide Shortage: Next Steps for Community Pharmacies, Telehealth Companies, and Other Providers

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Now that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will restrict third parties from compounding the drug. Our FDA/Food, Drug & Device and Health Care Groups have...more

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CY 2026 MA and Part D Final Reg: Policies Under Consideration

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Last week, the contract year (CY) 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D final reg entered the clearance process at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As mentioned in a previous Regs & Eggs blog post, OMB’s review is...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Proving Fraud is and Should Be Hard: Lessons from a Recent Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Decision

The litigator’s adage “it’s easy to plead, it’s hard to prove” once again came true in the long-running False Claims Act (FCA) case targeting Medicare Advantage (“MA”) plans operated by UnitedHealth (United). Eight years...more

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Inventor’s Motivation to Combine Does Not Control Obviousness

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision rejecting claims of a patent application directed to a dosing regimen for a cancer treatment, finding the claims to be obvious where the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Closing the GRAS Loophole: Secretary Kennedy’s Plan To Enhance FDA Food Safety Regulations

On March 10, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. initiated a significant shift in the regulation of ultra-processed foods by directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise the GRAS (Generally Recognized...more

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FDA, OHRP Issue Joint Guidance on Collection of Tissue Biopsies in Clinical Trials

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On January 6, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) released a joint draft guidance document: Considerations for...more

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This Week in 340B: March 4 – 10, 2025

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Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Challenges Medical Device Coating Transaction

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On March 7, 2025, the FTC filed a complaint in federal court seeking to block GTCR BC Holdings, LLC, a Chicago private equity firm, from acquiring Surmodics, Inc. The FTC alleges that Surmodics is the leading provider of a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

HHS’ Withdrawal of 2022 Guidance Raises Questions about Coverage for Gender-Affirming Care

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In a move with potentially significant implications for entities subject to the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reversed course and now contends that Section 1557 of the Affordable...more

Maynard Nexsen

More Data for Employers and Employer-Sponsored Plans

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On February 25, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information” (the “Order”), which...more

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Manitoba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island sign first pharmacare agreements with Government of Canada

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In connection with Royal Assent of the Pharmacare Act, we previously reported that the Minister of Health intended to negotiate bilateral agreements with provinces and territories to provide universal, single-payer,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Is Self-Affirming GRAS Off the Menu?

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy recently directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider rulemaking to revise its longstanding regulations and guidance governing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Debuts a New Communications and Compliance Tool for Device Data Integrity Concerns

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its website to provide new information on data integrity concerns relating to medical devices. Over a year ago, FDA’s device center, the Center for Devices and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2025)

Completing a recent jurisprudential "hat trick,"* the Federal Circuit affirmed a District Court grant of a preliminary injunction against a biosimilar applicant for Regeneron's EYLEA biologic drug in Regeneron...more

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IRS Publishes New ACA Reporting Guidance for Employer Distribution of 1095-B and 1095-C

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On February 21, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2025-15, providing guidance to employers and insurers regarding the alternative manner of furnishing certain health insurance coverage statements to...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 226: Orlando Health’s Expansions and Research with Amy...

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On episode 226, we welcome Thibaut van Marke and Amy Allen of Orlando Health, an award-winning network of community and specialty hospitals that recently expanded into Alabama. Thibaut and Amy discuss Orlando Health’s...more

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FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biosimilar of Xolair®: Celltrion’s Omlyclo® (omalizumab-igec)

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On March 7, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s Omlyclo® (omalizumab-igec), the first interchangeable biosimilar of Genentech’s Xolair® (omalizumab). Omlyclo® was approved for all of Xolair®’s approved indications, including...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Federal Courts Decide on FCA Claims Actions

There are still several unsettled legal issues regarding the standards applicable to a False Claims Act (FCA) claim, such as the standard to prove causation when an FCA claim is based on a violation of the Anti-Kickback...more

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Raising Capital in a Highly Regulated Market

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For early-stage life sciences and health tech companies, raising capital is about more than demonstrating scientific promise. Investors are increasingly focused on regulatory preparedness, reimbursement strategy, and risk...more

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Federal Circuit Affirms ImmunoGen Patent Obviousness

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In a precedential opinion issued on March 6, the Federal Circuit affirmed the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that the claims in ImmunoGen’s US patent application 14/509,809 (“the ’809 application,”...more

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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Patent Strategy: Securing Patent Protection for New Use of Old Drugs

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GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) were initially approved for diabetes treatment (e.g., Ozempic®) but have revolutionized weight management (e.g., Wegovy®) and are now being explored for treating a wide range of health...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

HHS Scraps Richardson Waiver, Clearing Way for Faster Rulemaking

On March 3, 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a policy statement rescinding the Richardson Waiver, a policy in place since 1971 that required notice-and-comment rulemaking for...more

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Compounded GLP-1 Drugs: Texas Judge Denies PI Motion and Request for Stay of FDA’s Declaration that Tirzepatide Shortage is...

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On March 5, 2025, one U.S. District Court ruled unequivocally in the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) favor in the case, Outsourcing Facilities Ass’n, et. al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Admin., et. al., 4:24-cv-0953-P, slip op.,...more

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