In the latest installment of our “Go-To Law Firms” series, we look at some of the top law firms in the healthcare and life sciences field.
1. To Advise Life Science Startups: McDermott Will &…
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A hacker has breached Oracle Health systems and stolen patient data with the intention of extorting providers, according to a customer communication from Oracle. The FBI is investigating.
Oracle says the intruder used…
The Rise of Healthcare Cyber Threats
Over the past decade, cybersecurity breaches have dramatically increased across industries, with healthcare becoming a primary target. The devastating attack on Change Healthcare served as a crucial wake-up call…
Our avid readers may remember my review of the ElliQ by Intuition Robotics. ElliQ is a robot designed to help the aging population live healthier and happier. That's how I'd describe my father-in-law's experience…
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A cyber attack has forced a US non-profit blood donor centre to postpone appointments despite declaring blood shortages just one week earlier.
New York Blood Center Enterprises announced that it had “identified suspicious activity” affecting…
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AI-powered cancer drug discovery startup Manas AI launches with a $25 million seed funding round.
The co-founders are LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman and oncologist-author Siddhartha Mukherjee, DPhil, MD, who wrote Pulitzer…
Chase County Community Hospital has faced a number of challenges similar to those confronted by many other rural health systems. Chief among them was a growing shortage of physicians, a problem projected to worsen…
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Among myriad acronyms in the healthcare industry, HIPAA is one of the most referenced.
At the end of last year, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed major updates to this law — named…
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FDA issues draft guidance for supporting development and marketing of AI-enabled devices throughout the Total Product Life Cycle. It also publishes draft guidance for the use of AI to support development of drugs and…
Senate Approves Critical Healthcare Spending Bill 2024
Congressional Approval Process
The Senate achieved a decisive victory with an 85-11 vote approval of the spending bill in the early morning of December 21, following the House’s earlier…
