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Opioids
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PrawfsBlawg
JOTWELL: Michalski on Gluck, et al. on opioid litigation
Main Thursday, March 07, 2019JOTWELL: Michalski on Gluck, et al. on opioid litigationThe new Courts Law essay comes from Roger Michalski (Oklahoma), reviewing Abbe Gluck, Ashley Hall, & Gregory Curfman,…
Pharmacy & Healthcare Legal Blog
You are invited! A webinar on prescribing, dispensing and administering controlled substances
I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking in an upcoming Strafford live webinar, "Opioids and Other Controlled Substances: Minimizing the Risks in Prescribing, Dispensing and Administering" scheduled for Wednesday, April 17,…
Pharmacy & Healthcare Legal Blog
McKesson has allegedly supplied pharmacies with illicit opioids
The FDA has issued its first warning letter under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) to McKesson Corp. for tampering with opioid medications. The FDA said the distributor didn’t address several…
The Right Coast
OxyContin Maker Explored Expansion Into Attractive Anti-Addiction Market
Not content with billions of dollars in profits from the potent painkiller OxyContin, its maker explored expanding into an attractive market fueled by the drug s popularity treatment of opioid…
Disputing Tax
New York Judge Finds $600M Opioid Surcharge Unconstitutional
In December 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that New York's $600 million fee on the sale of opioids into the state unconstitutionally…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Washington Healthcare Update: December 21, 2018
This Week: To shut down or not to shut down the issue as Congress tries to wrap up and leave; opioids back in the news; Alexander says he will not run…
New York Health Law
Marijuana Regulation in New York – A Look Forward to 2019
The Compassionate Care Act has expanded and changed each year since Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed it into law in 2014 and 2018 was no different. Among others, one big change…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Top Northeast Pennsylvania Physicians Talk Opioids, Medical Marijuana, and CTE – With a Coda on Nurse Case Management
Northeastern Rehabilitation Associates, a group of physiatrists who specialize in treating injured workers, convened its annual occupational medicine seminar on October 16, 2018. The venue, like the last…
Pharmacy & Healthcare Legal Blog
Meet Dsuvia – a new extremely potent opioid
Despite warnings of likely abuse, the FDA has recently approved a new form of an extremely potent opioid – Dsuvia – a fast-acting alternative to IV painkillers. Dsuvia is a…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Top Five Takeaways from MedPAC’s Meeting on Medicare Issues and Policy Developments – October 2018
By Brian Hedgeman, Matthew Sprankle
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”) met in Washington, D.C., on October 4-5, 2018. The purpose of this and other public meetings of MedPAC is for the commissioners to analyze…