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01.29.24

Lykos MDMA Submission Series A

On December 11, 2023, following positive results from two published Phase 3 studies, MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC) submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for an investigational MDMA-assisted therapy for persons suffering from post-traumatic ...


01.26.24

Vermont Considers Bringing Its Version of Washington’s ‘My Health My Data Act’ To New England

The Vermont Legislature is considering its version (S.173) of Washington’s My Health My Data Act to regulate non-HIPAA health data.


01.25.24

Executive Summary: New York State Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget

On January 16, New York Governor Kathy Hochul released her State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 Executive Budget, her third since assuming office in August 2021.


01.24.24

New Podcast: The 2024 CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule extends ten different pandemic flexibilities related to telehealth.


01.23.24

Words Matter: ‘Said’ or ‘The’ in Claim Refers Back to Initial Phrase, Even If Multiple Elements

In Infernal Technology, LLC v. Activision Blizzard Inc.,1 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reaffirmed the long-standing principle that in grammatical terms, use of “said” or “the” in a claim are anaphoric phrases, referring to the initial antecedent phrase.


01.23.24

FY 2025 Executive Budget Women’s Health Highlights

Earlier this week, Governor Kathy Hochul released her Executive Budget proposal totaling $233 billion for State Fiscal Year 2025.


01.22.24

FDA Approves Florida’s Application to Import Drugs from Canada

On January 5, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the state of Florida’s proposal under the Section 804 Importation Program (SIP) for a period of two years.


01.19.24

Using Government Incentive Funds Does Not Create a Right to Remove: Eighth Circuit

On the second to last business day of last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit addressed when a private organization can invoke the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442.


01.18.24

AI as an Inventor? . . . Not so Fast

In December, the United Kingdom (the “U.K.”) became the third jurisdiction to reach a final determination that a generative AI platform could not be named as an inventor on a patent.


01.17.24

New Jersey’s New Privacy Law: What to Know

Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed S332, the state’s first comprehensive consumer privacy law. In doing so, New Jersey joins thirteen other U.S. states in passing a comprehensive consumer privacy law.