The American Clinical Laboratory (ACLA) filed an appeal to revive its lawsuit against the U.S. Health and Human Services challenging HHS’ overhaul of the medical clinical lab fee schedule over its “harmful regulatory overreach” that imposes an “unsustainable reimbursement model.”
A lawsuit filed last year challenging a federal rule and certification allowing certain drugs to be imported from Canada should be dismissed because no drug companies have been harmed yet, nor are they likely to be any time soon, the Biden administration said in a motion seeking dismissal of the suit.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ordered six drug companies May 17 to immediately resume providing 340B discounts to contract pharmacies without restrictions and to credit or refund overcharges stemming from those restrictions.
The Biden administration’s fiscal 2022 budget proposal included an allocation for an office described as the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Health, or ARPA-H, which would receive $6.5 billion as part of the National Institutes of Health.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: FDA reverses HHS premarket notification exemptions; ITC will check findings for Zimmer/Heraeus dispute.
The Biden administration has released an exceedingly brief budget framework for fiscal year 2022 that includes $6.5 billion for an advanced research program at the NIH, which mimics a similar program at the Department of Defense (DoD). Beyond that, there is a clear indication that the CDC would see an uptick in monies, but the proposal offers no numbers for the FDA budget, making this one of the skinnier budget proposals to come out of the White House in recent memory.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: HHS, DOJ officials highlight pandemic response needs; FDA says plenty of respirators available; NICE supports use of Danis for variceal hemorrhage.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: FDA seeks nominations for blood products advisory panel; Massachusetts hospital hit for HIPAA access non-compliance; No reports recorded for Medtronic recall; Tillis, Cotton eye patent examiner practice for Section 101 problem.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: SUNSET rule suspended; Alliance calls for speedy nomination of FDA commissioner; Pandemic costly to TB effort; FDA announces May 4 patient data meeting.
