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Discover Latham’s latest insights into the commercial, regulatory, and legal developments shaping the global healthcare and life sciences landscape.

Latham’s cross-disciplinary team delivers insightful, practical guidance and sophisticated representation to a full spectrum of healthcare and life sciences companies across the globe, on every type of transaction or dispute a company may face.

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March 12, 2025

Episode 95 — Drug Pricing: FDA in the Age of Executive Orders and DOGE

The Department of Government Efficiency, Trump executive orders, and a recent Office of Management and Budget memorandum are making drastic changes at FDA. The Latham team discusses the potential impacts on FDA approval and enforcement activities, including with respect to novel tobacco and nicotine products.

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Master Cell Bank

a storage facility for frozen tissue samples or Cell Lines held for research purposes and for surgical reconstruction of damaged body structures.

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Epidemiology

the branch of science that deals with the incidence, distribution and control of disease or health-related states or events in a specific population.

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Hyperkalemia

a medical term used to describe a potassium level in a patient’s blood that is higher than normal.

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Overpayment

amounts that a person or entity receives or retains to which the person is not entitled. The ACA requires Medicare and Medicaid Providers, Suppliers, and other entities to report and return any overpayment of Medicare or Medicaid funds within 60 days of identifying the overpayment or face potential False Claims Act liability.

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Sequestration

automatic, across the board budget cuts in the amount of US$1.2 trillion over nine years enacted as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011 that took effect in 2013 when Congress could not agree on a plan to reduce the deficit. Sequestration included aggregate reductions of Medicare payments to Providers at 2% per fiscal year.

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