Health Care Law News and Insights

Clinical trial diversity is not a new concept–the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance providing specific recommendations to industry on how to improve diversity in clinical trials in April 2022 which we blogged about here–but the passage of the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act, or FDORA, highlighted that...

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Although Medicaid may make expensive nursing-home care possible, navigating admission to a relatively desirable Medicaid-enrolled nursing home is not always easy. According to a 2021 cost of care survey by Genworth, $8,564.00 is the median monthly cost of a semi-private room in a Richmond-area nursing home. As you move closer to...

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The Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") recently issued guidance recommending that the term "milk" extend beyond dairy (cow) milk products to plant-based alternatives. Although not legally binding, the guidance indicates that nondairy milk alternatives can be labeled "milk" and need not be restricted as nondairy "beverages" or "drinks." These plant-based...

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