BD agrees to settle most of its hernia mesh litigation (MedTech Dive)
Indeterminate Change: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices (FDA Law Blog)
Government, Regulatory & Legal
Becton Dickinson agrees to settle about 38,000 hernia mesh suits (Reuters)
Hospital at Home: Medicare report shows how the experiment is going (STAT)
US CDC warns of overdose risk from fake prescription medicines online (Reuters)
To aid addiction treatment, lawmakers tell DEA to back off buprenorphine enforcement (STAT)
Patient/CMS Roundtables For Medicare-Negotiated Drugs Will Be Interactive, But Not Public Next Time (Pink Sheet)
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