Month: January 2020
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New Maternal Mortality Statistics Highlight the Need for Alabama to Take Action
Largely due to the slow implementation of a standardized death certificate by states, data on maternal deaths has not been reported on the National Vital Statistics System since 2007. Meaning that, for over a decade, the United States has not recorded an official count of pregnancy-related fatalities, nor an official maternal mortality rate. This year,…
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Proposed Importation of Prescription Drugs from Canada
On December 18, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) to amend its regulations to implement a provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow importation of certain prescription drugs from Canada. The purpose of the Proposed Rule is to lower prices and reduce out-of-pocket…