Health Care

September 29, 2020

Longitude Capital has announced it has closed its fourth fund with $585 million in capital commitments. The new fund — Longitude Venture Partners IV — will invest in biotechnology, medical technology and health solutions companies. Longitude Capital, with offices in Menlo Park, Calif., Greenwich, Conn., and Boston, is a healthcare venture capital firm. Founded in 2006, the firm invests in privately held and publicly traded companies through a variety of investment approaches. These include…

Worms & Germs Blog

Needlesticks From Animals: They’re Not All Benign

By Scott Weese

September 29, 2020

In human medicine, a needlestick is a big deal. That’s not surprising because of concerns about transmission of bloodborne pathogens like hepatitis B and HIV. In veterinary medicine…it’s largely considered a regular event that’s not a big deal. Most of the time it’s not. It might hurt, but consequences are rare. However, ‘rare’ and ‘non-existent’ aren’t the same (and if you’re the one that gets the ‘rare’ complication, it’s not good). While most needlesticks from…

Health Care Law Today

Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies

By Ann Marie Uetz, James R. Kalyvas Vanessa L. Miller & Kathleen E. Wegrzyn

September 29, 2020

Table of Contents Executive Summary Alternative Supply Chain Models: A Move Toward Stability and Resilience Strengthening Supplier Relationships: Transparency, Visibility, and Distress Diversifying Supply Chains: Rethinking China, Reshoring, and Nearshoring Supply Chain Innovations and Efficiencies Conclusion Click here to download the full report PDF. Executive Summary What will the supply chain of the future look like? That question, as we brace for the continuing effects of COVID-19, is at the top of executives’ minds. And…

Health Care Law Today

Accelerating Trends: Assessing the Supply Chain in a Post-Pandemic World

By Ann Marie Uetz Vanessa L. Miller, James R. Kalyvas & Kathleen E. Wegrzyn

September 29, 2020

Table of Contents This report identifies resiliency and innovation considerations for manufacturers and provides frameworks and tools for you to evaluate how those considerations impact your business. Section 1: Rethinking China How manufacturers will analyze right-shoring to consider the benefits and costs of a shift in supply chains away from China and toward other countries. Section 2: Resiliency Review How manufacturers will review processes to ensure a stable and resilient supply chain, focusing on traceability and…

Medicaid and the Law

CMS Weighs in on FDA Importation Rule

By Ross Margulies

September 29, 2020

On September 24, 2020 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took two major steps to implement its Safe Importation Action Plan, including publishing a new Final Rule allowing the importation of certain prescription drugs from Canada, and a Final Guidance describing procedures to allow manufacturers to obtain National Drug Codes (NDC) for FDA-approved drugs originally intended to be marketed in a foreign country ( referred to as “multi-market approved products” or “MMA products”). Given that…

Covington Digital Health

California Legislature Adopts CCPA Exemption for Information Deidentified in Accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule

By Covington Digital Health Team

September 28, 2020

In a new post on the Covington Inside Privacy blog, our colleagues discuss the passage of California’s AB 713, a bill that creates a new healthcare-related exemption under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) for certain information that has been deidentified in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). Importantly, this new patient-specific exemption is in addition to, and separate from, the CCPA’s current language that excludes…

Health Law Advisor

A Reflection on RBG’s Impact and Legacy

By Teresa A. Mason

September 28, 2020

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“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg A couple days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, my eight year old daughter asked me, when I was her age, what I wanted to be when I grew up. I paused and swallowed hard. I had wanted to be a doctor, but despite how well I performed in school, the…

Worms & Germs Blog

World Rabies Day

By Scott Weese

September 28, 2020

Rabies is a disease that’s met with a mix of inherent fear and dismissiveness in most developed countries, where canine rabies has been eradicated. It’s also a disease that’s often poorly understood in areas where it causes large numbers of deaths. As an almost completely preventable disease (with proper post-exposure treatment) and one for which we have a highly effective vaccine (for people and animals), barriers to accessing these critical treatment and prevention tools need…

Health Law Pulse

COVID-19 Update: U.S. Surpasses 200,000 Fatalities; CDC Releases Holiday Guidelines

By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US)

September 27, 2020

This past week the United States surpassed the grim milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths and seven million cases of COVID-19. The spread of the virus has altered the way we work, live, and play around the world and will soon touch on one of the most treasured times of the year, the holiday season. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has released guidance addressing fall and winter holidays, stating that “Rosh Hashanah, Yom…

DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog

City Council approves package of measures to increase safety of DC streets

By Patrick A. Malone

September 27, 2020

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Officials in the nation’s capital have approved a broad-based plan to crack down on the dangers that motorized vehicles pose to pedestrians, cyclists, other drivers, and whole neighborhoods. The District of Columbia City Council acted in response to spiking fatalities and injuries — harms that have increased not only locally but nationwide, as the Washington Post reported, noting this has been “a troubling national trend that became even more pronounced this spring and summer…

Health Care

Longitude Capital Closes New Healthcare Fund With $585 Million

Needlesticks From Animals: They’re Not All Benign

Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies

Accelerating Trends: Assessing the Supply Chain in a Post-Pandemic World

CMS Weighs in on FDA Importation Rule

California Legislature Adopts CCPA Exemption for Information Deidentified in Accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule

A Reflection on RBG’s Impact and Legacy

World Rabies Day

COVID-19 Update: U.S. Surpasses 200,000 Fatalities; CDC Releases Holiday Guidelines

City Council approves package of measures to increase safety of DC streets

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