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The Race For Clinical Trials: Can The FDA’s New Pilot Program Stop The U.S. From Falling Behind?
The United States has lost approximately 10% of its global share of Phase 1 clinical trials since 2015, with China now accounting for 39% of all global trials by 2024. The FDA's new Expedited IND Pilot Program introduces Qualified Research Institutions and rolling submissions to help sponsors reach first-in-human dosing faster domestically. For life sciences companies whose financing depends on rapid trial initiation, this program could fundamentally reshape development strategy and restore U.S. competitive
United States Healthcare
FH
Foley Hoag LLP
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PBM Policy And Legislative Update — Fall 2026
Mintz's Managed Care, PBMs & Pharmacies practice examines critical federal and state developments impacting pharmacy benefit managers and the prescription drug supply chain from mid-February through June 2026. This comprehensive quarterly update analyzes legislative activity, regulatory changes, enforcement actions, and emerging market trends affecting PBMs, health plans, pharmacies, manufacturers, and industry stakeholders navigating an evolving regulatory landscape.
United States Healthcare
M
Mintz
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When FDA Oversees Trials Overseas: Foreign Clinical Trial Considerations
The FDA's acceptance of foreign clinical trial data hinges on strict compliance with good clinical practice standards, population representativeness, and data integrity requirements that sponsors must carefully navigate. As the agency intensifies scrutiny of non-U.S. trial sites and emphasizes demographic diversity in study populations, pharmaceutical companies face mounting challenges in ensuring their international research programs meet evolving regulatory expectations.
United States Healthcare
FH
Foley Hoag LLP
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La Reestructuración Financiera: Una Herramienta para el Éxito en la Preservación de Empleos y la Calidad de Servicios de Salud
Puerto Rico's hospital industry faces unprecedented financial pressures from Medicaid cuts, payment delays, and operational challenges. Strategic financial restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy offers a proven path to preserve jobs, maintain patient care, and position hospitals for sustainable growth rather than accepting gradual decline.
Puerto Rico Insolvency
PB
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman
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The Race For Clinical Trials: Can The FDA’s New Pilot Program Stop The U.S. From Falling Behind?
The United States has lost approximately 10% of its global share of Phase 1 clinical trials since 2015, with China now accounting for 39% of all global trials by 2024. The FDA's new Expedited IND Pilot Program introduces Qualified Research Institutions and rolling submissions to help sponsors reach first-in-human dosing faster domestically. For life sciences companies whose financing depends on rapid trial initiation, this program could fundamentally reshape development strategy and restore U.S. competitive
United States Healthcare
FH
Foley Hoag LLP
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Food and Drugs Law

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UK High Court Upholds Takeda’s Lisdexamfetamine SPC: Will The CJEU Agree?
The UK High Court has ruled on whether lisdexamfetamine (LDX), a pro-drug with no therapeutic activity before conversion to dextroamphetamine, can be considered an "active ingredient" for supplementary protection certificate purposes. This decision addresses a critical question in pharmaceutical patent law that has produced divergent outcomes across European jurisdictions and is currently before the CJEU in multiple pending referrals.
United States IP
JA
J A Kemp LLP
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The Race For Clinical Trials: Can The FDA’s New Pilot Program Stop The U.S. From Falling Behind?
The United States has lost approximately 10% of its global share of Phase 1 clinical trials since 2015, with China now accounting for 39% of all global trials by 2024. The FDA's new Expedited IND Pilot Program introduces Qualified Research Institutions and rolling submissions to help sponsors reach first-in-human dosing faster domestically. For life sciences companies whose financing depends on rapid trial initiation, this program could fundamentally reshape development strategy and restore U.S. competitive
United States Healthcare
FH
Foley Hoag LLP
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PBM Policy And Legislative Update — Fall 2026
Mintz's Managed Care, PBMs & Pharmacies practice examines critical federal and state developments impacting pharmacy benefit managers and the prescription drug supply chain from mid-February through June 2026. This comprehensive quarterly update analyzes legislative activity, regulatory changes, enforcement actions, and emerging market trends affecting PBMs, health plans, pharmacies, manufacturers, and industry stakeholders navigating an evolving regulatory landscape.
United States Healthcare
M
Mintz
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Life Sciences, Biotechnology & Nanotechnology

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The Race For Clinical Trials: Can The FDA’s New Pilot Program Stop The U.S. From Falling Behind?
The United States has lost approximately 10% of its global share of Phase 1 clinical trials since 2015, with China now accounting for 39% of all global trials by 2024. The FDA's new Expedited IND Pilot Program introduces Qualified Research Institutions and rolling submissions to help sponsors reach first-in-human dosing faster domestically. For life sciences companies whose financing depends on rapid trial initiation, this program could fundamentally reshape development strategy and restore U.S. competitive
United States Healthcare
FH
Foley Hoag LLP
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Intellectual Property Strategy In An Era Of Foreign Clinical Trials
Biotech companies conducting early-stage biologics trials outside the United States face complex intellectual property challenges that can significantly impact their ability to secure U.S. market exclusivity. Foreign clinical trial registrations, contractor disclosures, and misaligned regulatory timelines create prior-art risks and patent forfeiture scenarios that many companies fail to anticipate. This analysis examines how strategic patent filing coordination with foreign Phase I development can preserve
United States IP
FH
Foley Hoag LLP
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