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Ketamine is the New Viagra

Bill of Health

As the patent approaches expiration, the brand licenses to generics. By my count, Spravato is at Step (6) — about where Viagra was in 2003. When these hit the market, prices drop (again). When the patent expires, prices drop (even further) from competing generics.

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Rethinking Big Data in 2024: How Healthcare Can Leverage Workforce Intelligence to Improve Care

HIT Consultant

Healthcare’s Money Ball Moment In 2003, Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics general manager, greatly enhanced his strategy for selecting players to create a winning baseball team by altering how he perceived available data. So, how can big data play a role in addressing healthcare workforce issues?

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Interview: Stacey A. Tovino, JD, PhD, William J. Alley Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law

HIPAA Journal

During my practice, I have represented physicians, scientists, allied health professionals, general and special hospitals, academic medical centers, organ procurement organizations, blood banks, and nonprofit healthcare organizations in civil, regulatory, operational, and transactional matters.

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What Does the HIPAA Security Rule Cover?

HIPAA Journal

These two instructions led to the publication of the “ Standards for Electronic Transactions ” in August 2000 and the “ Security Rule Standards ” in February 2003. The Secretary was also instructed to adopt security standards to safeguard health information maintained or transmitted electronically.

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April-July 2022 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

771(a), the Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, State Board of Pharmacy proposed new rules setting forth the requirements to allow a pharmacy to have licensed pharmacists and registered pharmacy technicians perform limited pharmaceutical functions at a location other than on the premises of a pharmacy.

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How the Fifty States View Electronic Data as a “Product”

Drug & Device Law

2003), an Internal Revenue Service regulation, excluded liability for “product” refund, repair or replacement. 23, 37 (2003) (“the phrase refers to the producer of the tangible goods that are offered for sale, and not to the author of any idea, concept, or communication embodied in those goods”). 2003), review denied (Cal.

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Unimpressed Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

The law presumes that licensed doctors know what they are doing. W]e believe that a drug manufacturer cannot be required legally to foresee that a licensed physician will disregard express warnings regarding a drug’s use. . . . There’s a reason why prescribing physicians and implanting surgeons are called “learned” intermediaries.

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