Healthcare Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2022

is a reminder that the government will use the FCA to target medical device manufacturers for off-label use of medical devices, even where healthcare providers have decided the use is safe and effective. The FDA even required warnings on the probes’ packaging, “restricted for single person use only,” and “[d]o not re-use.”.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The US FDA has already recognized the ability of 16 EU Member States to conduct GMP inspections of manufacturers of veterinary medicinal products. At the same time, the EU has recognized the US FDA as an equivalent authority to carry out these inspections.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. I’d like to discuss what I believe are five areas of significant opportunity for quality technologies. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

Some children may be unvaccinated by no choice of their own, but instead because of decisions made by parents, guardians, or state or local government officials. 2004) (“[T] the fundamental right to an opportunity for an education does not guarantee that a student cannot temporarily forfeit educational services through his own conduct.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Inman College of Nursing FDA clears Collierville startup CircumFix’s medical device for surgery, marketing FTC opposes Novant Health’s $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems HCA CFO to retire HCA nets $5.2B

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

312 (2008), that essentially all product liability claims against manufacturers of FDA pre-market approved (“PMA”) medical devices were preempted. at 349 (“The FDCA leaves no doubt that it is the Federal Government rather than private litigants who are authorized to file suit for noncompliance”). Medtronic, Inc. ,

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Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 15, 2024

That is significant because, unlike (now) every other state in the country, since 1987 Pennsylvania precedent prohibited defendants from introducing evidence of their compliance with government and/or industry standards (“standards compliance” or “compliance” evidence, for short) in strict liability design defect cases – generally.

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