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Germany Announces Research Project to Establish Criteria for Assessment of the Human Health and Environmental Risks of Novel (Nano) Materials

On April 29, 2019, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) announced InnoMat.Life, a joint research project to establish criteria for an efficient assessment of the human health and environmental risks of novel (nano) materials.  The Federal Ministry of … Continue reading

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FDA Announces Its Plan for Encouraging Reliance on Newer Predicate Devices and Medical Device Performance Criteria

On November 26, 2018, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intent “to modernize the FDA’s 510(k) clearance pathway”1 by encouraging manufacturers to rely on newer (that is, 10 years old or less) medical devices as predicate devices in … Continue reading

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Passport Revocation Update: Over 436,000 Taxpayers Meet “Certification” Criteria

Many of my readers already know that one’s US passport is in serious jeopardy if a taxpayer has what is called “seriously delinquent tax debt”.  First, some brief background on the law and how it particularly affects Americans living and … Continue reading

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Age-limit Criteria for Non-Executive Directors under Amended SEBI Listing Regulations: Prospective or Retrospective?

[Gaurav Pingle is a practising Company Secretary in Pune and can be reached at gp@csgauravpingle.com] Introduction On June 2 2017, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Uday Kotak for improving … Continue reading

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Episode 004: CAVC Oral Argument – Johnson v. Wilkie, #16-3808 (April 24, 2018) Successive Rating Criteria for Migraines)

General Preview of the Case: This is a complex case involving the complex issue of “successive rating criteria”, with a lot of regulatory interpretation and factual application issues at play.  There is one, and possibly more, diagnostic codes for rating … Continue reading

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