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Exploring the Virtual Care Policy Landscape One Year Post-PHE

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May 11, 2024, marked one year since the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and not much has changed in Medicare telehealth policy. We are still operating under temporary waivers and flexibilities and, as a...more

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Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities for Controlled Substances Extended Through End of 2024

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The rule allowing for providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth, set to expire for new patient-provider relationships on November 11, has been extended through the end of 2024....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tele-Prescribing Flexibilities Extended Again in Second Temporary Rule

This month, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a Second Temporary Rule further extending the telemedicine waivers...more

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FDA Updates Medical Device Shortages List

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The FDA has updated its Medical Device Shortages List to remove Specimen Collection, Laboratory Reagents and Testing Supplies, Transport Media Device, Saline Vascular Access Flush, and Certain Ventilation-Related Products....more

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DEA Reverses Course and Extends Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances

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Reversing previously proposed rules, the DEA recently issued new guidance allowing the continued use of telehealth when prescribing controlled substances following the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency (“PHE”)....more

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Health Law Diagnosis - DEA Extends Pandemic Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities For Up To 18 Months

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On May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a temporary rule that extends pandemic-era flexibilities allowing prescribing of controlled substances based on a telehealth relationship, after receiving in...more

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How the End of the PHE Will Impact the Healthcare Industry

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The Biden administration announced on January 30, 2023 that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) would officially end on May 11, 2023. The PHE declaration, which first was issued by the Secretary of the US Department of...more

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DEA Temporary Rule Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities Through November 2023 and Grants Additional One-Year Grace Period

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Two days ahead of the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the  Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a temporary rule extending...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

DEA Extends Pandemic Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities For Up To 18 Months

On May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a temporary rule that extends pandemic-era flexibilities allowing prescribing of controlled substances based on a telehealth relationship, after receiving in...more

Smart & Biggar

Health Canada proposes amendments to the Medical Devices Regulations to address future public health emergencies

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Health Canada has proposed amendments to the Medical Devices Regulations (Regulations) that would expand the regulatory framework for COVID-19 medical devices to apply to future public health emergencies...more

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New Division 11 of the Food and Drug Regulations: Public or Canadian Armed Forces Health Emergencies - Drugs for Immediate Use or...

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Update: Health Canada has prepared an overview of its special access programs, and has finalized the Guidance Document: Sale of Drugs - Public or Canadian Armed Forces Health Emergencies. On February 15, 2023, Regulations...more

MoFo Life Sciences

New Opportunities For Test Developers: Monkeypox Diagnostics

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For in vitro diagnostic test developers, the monkeypox public health emergency presents an urgent public health need for testing as well as a unique opportunity for rapid regulatory review of testing products....more

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Medicines shortages: Dutch Ministry publishes Policy Rule; EMA calls for MAHs to register contact

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With a goal of ensuring medicinal supply interruptions are better managed, the Dutch Ministry’s Policy Rule regarding ‘iron stock’ sets obligations for marketing authorisation holders and wholesalers to keep a minimum safety...more

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U.S. FDA Approves Monkeypox Treatment Formulation

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(May 25, 2022) SIGA Technologies Inc., a New York-based pharmaceutical company, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an intravenous formulation of TPOXX (tecovirimat) for the treatment of...more

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COVID-19 Report for Life Sciences and Health Care Companies - March 2022

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The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time. In this week's Report: FDA warns...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on 506J Notifications for Medical Devices

Bob Dylan sang, “Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know.” In January 2022, the Food and Drug Administration said the same to the medical device industry when it issued a draft guidance, “Notifying the FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance or...more

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Researchers Develop Face Mask for Detection of SARS-CoV-2

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According to an article published in Nature Biotechnology, Harvard and MIT researchers invented a face mask for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, via a user’s breath.  Instead of relying on a lab, the...more

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Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Summer 2021

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NOTE FROM THE EDITORS - The "dog days of summer" certainly provide a welcome, if brief, break in the extremely rapid pace of statutory, regulatory, and various other policy and industry efforts applicable to digital health....more

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COVID-19 Report for Life Sciences and Health Care Companies (UPDATED)

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The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time. In Tuesday's Report: FDA revokes...more

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Vaccine Production And State Intervention In The U.S.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the globe have become increasingly involved in the private sector. State-owned enterprises have long been common in Asia, but the pandemic has increased their prominence in...more

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FDA issues new policy for evaluating impact of viral mutations on COVID-19 tests

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new guidance for COVID-19 test developers to evaluate the impact of emerging and future viral mutations on COVID-19 tests. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has mutated over time,...more

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Providers should account for extra doses of COVID-19 vaccines in their vaccination plans

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Ohio has been receiving shipments of COVID-19 vaccines since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted authorization for emergency use in December 2020....more

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FDA’s End-of-Year Gifts: COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests and Collection Devices for Home Use

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) spent the remaining weeks of 2020 issuing Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for the first over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 test to be performed at home and the first OTC...more

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FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine

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On December 11, 2020, FDA issued the first emergency use authorization (“EUA”) for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The vaccine, developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, is authorized for those 16 years of age and older....more

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Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination - the International Employment Landscape

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With the announcement of the roll out of the Pfizer/BioNTec COVID-19 vaccine commencing in the UK last week (week of December 7, 2020) and vaccination roll out to commence in the US in due course, international employers are...more

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