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Hospitals Incensed As FTC Approves, Unveils Final Non-Competes Rule

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tuesday (April 23) approved 3-2 and released a final rule that bars enforcement of non-competes agreements – a policy change that was immediately blasted by the hospital lobby, which is poised to sue after it had urged the agency to scrap the idea.

FTC Chair: Orange Book Scrutiny Will Increase Despite Inhaler Price Caps

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FDA Aims To Improve PFAS Testing Methods, Capacity

FDA’s latest per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) test found the chemicals present in eight of the 95 food samples tested in a regional collection from the agency’s Total Diet Study (TDS).

FDA Seeks To Work Collaboratively On Lead Contamination In Spices

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Health Groups Support FDA’s E-Cig Regulation Petition To SCOTUS

Public health groups are weighing in on FDA’s petition asking the Supreme Court to consider a circuit split over whether the agency must give individual consideration to the scientific evidence on each marketing application for a flavored e-cigarette product or can reject the applications en masse over their potential to increase youth smoking.

NY Can Begin Enforcing Weight-Loss, Muscle-Building Supplement Law

New York can begin enforcing a state law passed in 2023 that restricts the sale of weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to people over 18 after a federal judge in the state denied an injunction filed by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) to delay the law from going into effect.

FDA, CMS To Lead On Several White House Suicide Prevention Goals

The White House on Tuesday (April 23) unveiled a new National Strategy for Suicide Prevention federal action plan which includes more than 200 proposals to help federal agencies like CMS and FDA tackle the mental health crisis, such as educating providers on suicide prevention strategies, integrating prevention in behavioral health work, analyzing beneficiaries’ lived experiences, monitoring use of Medicare psychotherapy services used outside of a physician office and more.