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One-Two Punch Of HHS Rules On Guidance Docs, Regs Will ‘Tie Hands’ Of Biden Admin: Expert

US Regulatory Roundup, December 2020

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

Two new rules put forward by the US HHS could have a chilling effect on future guidance documents and regulations drafted by the FDA and the 27 other agencies and offices the HHS oversees, a policy expert says. This and other stories topped our list of most-read US regulation, policy, quality control and compliance articles in December.

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Two new rules put forward by the US Department of Health and Human Services in the final days of the Trump administration could have a chilling effect on future guidance documents and regulations drafted by the Food and Drug Administration, as well as the 27 other agencies and offices the HHS oversees, a policy expert says.

Our reporting on this was of most interest to Medtech Insight readers in December.

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