On July 10, 2018, the Court of Federal Claims found the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (“VA’s”) interpretation of the Trade Agreements clause to be arbitrary and capricious in Acetris Health, LLC v. United States, No. 18-433C (Fed. Cl. July 10, 2018) (the “Decision”). This action …
On October 9, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (SB 17), which imposes new notification and reporting requirements on pharmaceutical companies, health care service plans, and health insurers. Among the many reporting obligations under SB 17, we describe below only those …
To complete our initial summaries (see here, here, and here) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Act), we want to highlight the three health care provisions included in Title IV – Delivery and Title V – Savings that we think are of most relevance to …
As we previously reported, the President signed into the law the 21st Century Cures Act (Act) on December 13, 2016 (find the full text here). This post is part two of a two-part post that summarizes the relevant provisions related to development of drugs and …
The 21st Century Cures Act (Act) was passed by the House on November 30, 2016 and the Senate on December 7, 2016. The President signed it into law on December 13, 2016. The Act contains three primary titles that address acceleration of medical product discovery, …
