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Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Impact of Human Factors & User Experience in Healthcare

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Human Factors and User Experience testing play an important role in healthcare settings and in the development of healthcare products. They can greatly impact the delivery of care, and the patient experience delivered by...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Exploring Treatment Options for Exactech Shoulder Issues: Surgery vs. Non-Surgical Approaches

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

A&O Shearman

Health Care Company Secures Antitrust Victory With Jury Verdict In Its Favor

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On August 1, 2024, a unanimous jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California found plaintiff, a veterinary drug manufacturer, failed to allege a relevant antitrust market under Sherman Act,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: August 2 - 7, 2023

This weekly series provides brief summaries 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

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for May 2024. We discuss several notable cases and enforcement resolutions, including the US Court of Appeals for the District of...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023

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The Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2023, passed by the House 320-71 on Monday, December 11, 2023, would institute new transparency and pricing rules on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and hospitals. The bill would...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Off-Label Communications Back in the Spotlight at the FDA

For the first time in almost 10 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance related to certain communications by firms to healthcare providers (HCPs) of scientific information on unapproved...more

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FDA Issues New Draft Guidance for Unapproved Use Communications

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On Monday, October 24, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new draft guidance titled, “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared...more

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Major Med Device Product Developer GE HealthCare Collaborating with Healthcare Providers

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For good reasons, including product safety, quality assurance, development of delivery procedures and instructions, it has been a common practice for medical device companies and innovators to consult with physicians during...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FDA Cracks Down on Unapproved Eye Products

On September 12, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to eight companies, including two major drugstore retail chains, for their involvement in the production or promotion of unapproved...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Podcast: The Legal Battle Over Mifepristone - Diagnosing Health Care

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to preserve access to the prescription abortion drug mifepristone. However, while the case continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the future of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2022-2023 Medical Product and Service Regulatory Initiatives

The medical product and healthcare service industry is one of the most closely regulated sectors in the U.S. Several agencies actively exercise authority with constantly changing legislation and policies to keep pace with...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update - October 2022

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Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FDA: Blood Volume Expanders Present Severe Risks for Patients

On July 7, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new warnings regarding hydroxyethyl starch (HES) blood volume expanders. Specifically, the FDA is now requiring manufacturers to update the safety labels for...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

The COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act: Liability Immunity for Health Care Facilities on the Horizon in West Virginia

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On February 19, 2021, the West Virginia Senate passed SB 277, the “COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act.” The purpose of the Act is stated to “eliminate the liability of the citizens of West Virginia and all persons including...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Detailed Summary of Federal Requirements for Production of Hand Sanitizing Products

To meet the growing need for hand sanitizing products, various federal agencies including the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Federal Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress have...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FDA Eases Enforcement to Help Make More Ventilators Available

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) issued Guidance[1] on March 22, 2020 to continue its efforts to maintain an adequate supply of devices to treat patients who develop respiratory failure or respiratory...more

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After thousands of lawsuits, FDA bans mesh used in pelvic prolapse procedures

After years of patient complaints about injuries and tens of thousands of lawsuits, the federal Food and Drug Administration yanked from the market a surgical mesh widely used to repair pelvic conditions in women....more

King & Spalding

FDA’s Focus on Devices Impacting Women’s Health is Fully Underway: Breast Implant Advisory Set for March 25-26

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Late last year, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Device Center announced a new objective when it comes to devices – “ensuring that the FDA is consistently first among the world’s regulatory agencies to identify and...more

Troutman Pepper

Beyond the Label: FDA Addresses Permissible Scope of Communications With Payors and Physicians

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The draft guidances create a grey area between “on-label” and “off-label” communications that will require careful navigation as manufacturers develop HCEI analyses and promotional communications....more

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Drug Manufacturer Pricing Under the Microscope: HRSA’s 340B Civil Monetary Penalty and Drug Pricing Final Rule

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The Health Resources and Services Administration recently surprised the 340B Drug Pricing Program community with the release of its regulations pertaining to drug manufacturer ceiling price calculations and civil monetary...more

Hogan Lovells

France tightens grip on industry payments to HCPs (again)

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On 19 January 2017, major modifications were adopted in France to the regulations on interactions between the industry and healthcare professionals (and other stakeholders). These new regulations, a.k.a. "anti-benefits...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Navigating the Diagnostic Commercialization Process

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Guest Post By: Perry Dimas, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Premier Source, part of AmerisourceBergen The 2015 Business of Personalized Medicine Summit was an inspiring day with talented professionals. One...more

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Why the Health Care Industry Needs to Focus on Data-Flow Restrictions in China

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U.S. health care providers, device manufacturers, lab managers, health information technology and telemedicine/telehealth project investors, and other industry members involved in projects in China, need to be aware of a long...more

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program

Strict Products Liability Claims Based On Design Defect Are Inapplicable To Implanted Medical Devices That Are Available Only...

A recent California Court of Appeal decision out of the Second District has provided further clarity to the scope of California products liability law by reasserting the general rule that precludes strict liability for design...more

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