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HHS Recommends Re-Classification of Marijuana as a Schedule III Controlled Substance – A Bellwether for the Future of Cannabis-ness

Health Law Advisor

The HHS recommendation is predicated, via the FDA, on a scientific and medical evaluation of marijuana, using a statutorily required eight-factor analysis. This effectively allows the DEA to adopt a different outcome than the FDA. The agencies rarely disagree on final scheduling placement. heroin, LSD, and ecstasy).

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States and Feds Signal Big Changes to Telehealth Prescribing

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On February 14, 2023, the Utah Senate passed a bill that would repeal the State’s “Online Prescribing, Dispensing, and Facilitation Licensing Act” (“Online Prescribing Act”). 2] Statements of Charges may be found on the Washington State Department of Health website, filed under the individual provider’s name and/or license number.

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Connecticut Follows in the Footsteps of Other Jurisdictions Requiring Registration of Pharmaceutical Representatives

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Effective January 1, 2022, an individual in Oregon who acts as a pharmaceutical representative for more than 15 days during the calendar year must have, and renew annually, a license from the Department of Consumer and Business Services (“DCBS”). xi] Washington D.C.

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Access to Abortion Pill on the Precipice: A Deep Dive into the Federal Court Rulings that will Decide the Fate of Mifepristone 

Healthcare Law Blog

Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) approval of the commonly-used abortion medication, Mifepristone, was curtailed. Just days after a Texas federal judge’s ruling suspended the FDA’s approval of the drug, the U.S. May 17, 2023 : The Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments from the FDA, Danco, and the Plaintiffs. Had the U.S.

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Dobbs Would Likely Have Significant Impacts On Drug And Device Companies

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2012), addressed a challenge to the application of Idaho’s Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to criminalize the use of an FDA-approved abortifacient medication obtained through an internet prescription and mailed to the plaintiff from out of state. See this post on one of our decisions from 2008.) Hiedeman, 694 F.3d

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D. Arizona Precludes Pelvic Mesh Punitive Damages

Drug & Device Law

As you must know by now, the pelvic mesh MDL court ruled that the FDA 510(k) regulatory clearance of pelvic mesh devices was irrelevant because such clearance was not probative of safety. After some FDA inquiries, the defendant eventually submitted a separate 510(k) application for the product, and it was cleared in May of 2008.

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The FDA and Feasible Alternative Designs

Drug & Device Law

But in prescription medical product liability litigation, products must receive FDA approval, clearance or other authorization (hereafter, collectively referred to as “approval” for short) before they can be marketed. Are manufacturers liable only for failing to employ an alternative design that the FDA has approved for distribution. . .

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