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January 11, 2019 |
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The Senate has added to its list of active legislation the House-passed pandemic and emergency preparedness bill, which features language that would reform the way FDA regulates over-the-counter drugs and establish a user fee program for OTC products.
January 08, 2019 |
Daily News
The House late Tuesday (Jan. 8) passed, for the second time in the past month, a legislative package that would both reauthorize a number of hazard preparedness programs and reform the way FDA regulates over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.
January 08, 2019 |
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The House will consider on Tuesday (Jan. 8) legislation that would reform FDA’s process for regulating over-the-counter drugs and would reauthorize a number of HHS hazard preparedness programs, according to House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) daily schedule for Tuesday.
January 03, 2019 |
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As the government shutdown continues into its second week and Congress works to reach a spending deal, it is still unclear what will happen to a legislative package that would reform FDA’s over-the-counter (OTC) drug oversight and reauthorize a number of hazard preparedness programs at HHS.
December 20, 2018 |
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With one day left in the 115th session of Congress, the House on Thursday (Dec. 20) passed a legislative package that combines the pandemic preparedness bill with legislation that would reform the way FDA regulates over-the-counter drugs.
November 15, 2018 |
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FDA on Tuesday (Nov. 13) moved toward fulfilling provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act that allow FDA to waive or alter informed consent regulations for minimal risk clinical investigations as long as there are appropriate human subject protections in place.
November 02, 2018 |
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A new relationship between FDA and the Department of Defense (DOD) went official Friday (Nov. 2) with the announcement of a memorandum of agreement (MOU) that will formalize a framework agreed upon in January, under which FDA will work with DOD to accelerate access to medical products for the military.
November 01, 2018 |
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Four months after authorizing emergency use of dried plasma by the Department of Defense, FDA released draft guidance that aims to spur industry interest in developing dried plasma products for use beyond the battlefield.
September 20, 2018 |
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HHS Secretary Alex Azar said that the agency is not directing or encouraging states to include opioid-abuse treatment, substance-abuse treatment, or mental health benefits in short-term plans and is leaving regulation of the plans up to individual states.
September 18, 2018 |
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HHS Secretary Alex Azar will chair a new cabinet-level interagency biodefense steering committee launched by the White House as part of a new National Biodefense Strategy unveiled Tuesday (Sept. 18).
June 11, 2018 |
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House lawmakers introduced a draft hazard preparedness reauthorization bill that would enhance FDA’s emergency use authorities and direct the agency to work toward developing medical countermeasures with regard to cybersecurity threats.
May 23, 2018 |
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The Senate health committee on Wednesday (May 23) voted 22-1 in favor of legislation reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act, and Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said he hopes to get the bill through the Senate floor before programs expire in September.
February 23, 2018 |
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The situation for hospitals facing shortages of saline in the wake of supply disruptions due to the spate of hurricanes in Puerto Rico is improving slightly, but shortages of amino acids are getting worse and hospitals have been left with no choice but to ration them, according to one hospital supply chain expert.
January 18, 2018 |
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FDA has clarified through guidance the details of its newest voucher program, which was established through the 21st Century Cures Act and is intended to incentivize sponsors of material threat medical countermeasure (MCM) products -- those that diagnose, prevent or treat illness caused by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats and emerging infectious diseases -- by expediting their review.
January 17, 2018 |
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The House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee passed by voice vote on Wednesday (Jan. 17) a bill that protects health care professionals from being held liable for harm caused by providing health care services during a national or public health emergency, or a major disaster.
December 04, 2017 |
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The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing an interim final rule on “Addressing Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances” for the Medicare Shared Savings program.
November 22, 2017 |
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Knowledge Economy International and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are once again sounding the alarm over a plan to issue an exclusive license for a government-developed Zika vaccine candidate.
November 21, 2017 |
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The White House is asking Congress to appropriate $7.6 million in additional FDA funding for hurricane recovery, namely to pay for repair of the agency's offices in hurricane-affected areas.
November 15, 2017 |
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The House on Wednesday (Nov. 15) passed by voice vote legislation that would preserve FDA's role in approving emergency medical products needed for troops -- a deal that FDA and the White House helped broker to clarify controversial language in the 2018 Defense authorization bill that would have given the emergency approval role to the Department of Defense (DOD).
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