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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

Food Safety News

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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Patient Advocacy Groups Mixed On Sanders’ Long COVID Proposal

Long COVID patient-advocacy groups offered mixed reviews in their feedback to Senate health committee Chair Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) $10 billion research proposal ahead of his Tuesday (April 23) deadline for input.

FDA To Drug Makers: Don’t Imply Reference Drugs, Interchangeables Superior To Biosimilars

FDA warns drug makers in a new draft guidance not to imply in their promotional and advertising materials that reference drugs are superior to their biosimilars, or that interchangeable biosimilars are clinically distinct from other biosimilars.

Report: Weigh-Loss Drugs Driving Increase In Drug Spending

Weight-loss drugs drove a 13.6% increase in prescription medication spending in the United States in 2023, according to a report from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) published Wednesday (April 24).