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Cuban: More Deals In Works To Make Pediatric Cancer, Other Drugs In Shortage

Mark Cuban, founder of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, tells Inside Health Policy he has more deals in the works to produce pediatric cancer and other drugs in shortages for hospitals, after having inked an initial agreement with Community Health Systems (CHS).

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FDA Guide Lays Out LDT Enforcement Discretion For Public Health Threats

In light of its new rule asserting regulatory authority over laboratory-developed tests, FDA will continue to exercise enforcement discretion for some tests during public health emergencies (PHEs) and for emergent public health threats, the agency says, depending on public health needs, especially if unauthorized tests are the only options available to diagnose an emerging disease.

FDA Adds Significant Enforcement Discretion ‘Carve Outs’ In Final LDT Rule

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Senate Finance Draft Aims To Change Hospital, GPO Drug Procurement

The Senate Finance Committee released a draft bill that would create a new program within Medicare aimed at incentivizing hospitals, group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and other drug supply chain stakeholders to help create stable pricing for generic drug manufacturers by rewarding quality, reliability and long-term sustainable contracts.

OCR Finalizes Rules Barring Discrimination Based On Disability, Clarifies Grantees Must Comply With Bostock

The Biden administration this week finalized two non-discrimination rules, including one that ensures programs that get HHS funding do not discriminate against people with disabilities, which HHS touts as the most significant update to the rules preventing such discrimination in more than 50 years.

NC Judge Rules Only Some State Mifepristone Restrictions Preempted By FDA

Abortion advocates, and FDA’s authority as a federal agency, received a partial victory in North Carolina court this week, with a district judge ruling that some restrictions the state sought to impose on the abortion drug mifepristone are preempted by FDA’s congressional mandate.

CMS Official: CMS Will Soon Give States Deadlines To Update Medicaid Enrollment Systems

CMS will soon lay out specific deadlines for states to update their Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems amid concerns that slow state implementation is causing individuals to prematurely lose coverage, a CMS official told House lawmakers this week.