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New JAMA Article Recommends Personal Drug Importation To Help American Patients Afford Prescription Drugs

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They offer this advice in a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Article Review The article, Strategies to Help Patients Navigate High Prescription Drug Costs , offers very digestible and evidence-driven guidance for clinicians to better assist their patients with the tangled web of drug pricing in America.

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Article Periodic: EU’s PIC Regulation adds 35 new entries

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EU’s PIC Regulation adds 35 new entries The European Commission’s latest update to the export and import of hazardous chemicals regulation – which implements the Rotterdam Convention on prior informed consent in the EU – includes 27 pesticides and eight industrial chemicals in the list of substances requiring export notification.

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Article Periodic Thank You Commission proposes exemptions to UV-328 ban under POPs Regulation

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Commission proposes exemptions to UV-328 ban under POPs Regulation The European Commission plans to implement exemptions introduced under the Stockholm Convention’s 2023 ban of UV-328, an ultraviolet-light absorbing persistent organic pollutant (POP). UV-328 is used in a wide range of applications as a UV absorber and stabilizer.

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Article Periodic Thank You Swiss regulators align with EU on chemicals, biocides

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Swiss regulators align with EU on chemicals, biocides The Swiss Notification Authority for Chemicals has announced new adaptations are in the offing that will harmonize parts of the Swiss Chemicals and Biocidal Products ordinances with recent updates to corresponding EU legislation.

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Commission proposes exemptions to UV-328 ban under POPs Regulation

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Specifically, the EU executive’s proposal seeks to harmonize the POPs Regulation, carving out exclusions for mechanical separators in blood collection tubes, triacetyl cellulose film in polarizers, and photographic paper, among other exempted articles containing UV-328. Fill out the form to read the full article.

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National PFAS water regulations imminent

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BY WALKER LIVINGSTON, ESQ The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has cleared a final rule that will implement the first national drinking water regulations for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The rule, once released, will set the tone for future PFAS regulation in the U.S.

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What we expect European regulators to do in September 2024

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By Sebastian Godoy, MPH , Corey Jaseph, MS, RAC , Kari Oakes In this recurring feature, AgencyIQ, through public data and previous analysis, determines what European medicine and device regulators will likely do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations and comment periods.