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Elizabeth Guo

  • Health Law Policy

    FDA Gets Serious about Regulating E-Cigarettes

    By Elizabeth Guo Last Tuesday, FDA published in the Federal Register the final version of its “Deeming Regulation.” The final rule, like the proposed rule, subjects all tobacco products to FDA regulation. Under the Family…

    FDA Gets Serious about Regulating E-Cigarettes

  • Criminal Law

    Virginia’s Proposed Lethal Injection Secrecy Law

    By Elizabeth Guo On Monday, Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia proposed a significant change to the Virginia legislature’s bill to replace lethal injection with electrocution in death penalty cases. Instead of allowing electrocution, the amendment would…

    Virginia’s Proposed Lethal Injection Secrecy Law

  • Criminal Law

    FDA’s Relationship with Marijuana: It’s Complicated

    By Elizabeth Guo Marijuana and marijuana-derived products are top of mind for state legislatures these days. On March 10, the Virginia state legislature passed a bill legalizing cannabidiol oil, a marijuana-derived product, for patients who…

    FDA’s Relationship with Marijuana: It’s Complicated

  • Health Care Finance

    Can the United States Use Mortgage-Like Loans to Pay for High Cost Drugs?

    By Elizabeth Guo Pharmaceutical companies are making breakthrough drugs to cure diseases, but no one knows how to pay for them. In 2013 and 2014, FDA approved Solvaldi and Harmoni, which can cure hepatitis C…

    Can the United States Use Mortgage-Like Loans to Pay for High Cost Drugs?

  • Clinical Research

    Why Senator Markey’s Message Hurts Children

    By Elizabeth Guo Last week, Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) placed a hold on the Senate’s nomination of Robert Califf’s as head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The move was less against Califf and…

    Why Senator Markey’s Message Hurts Children

  • Disability

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Physician Coverage under the ACA

    By Elizabeth Guo A recent study in JAMA by Dorner, Jacobs, and Sommers released some good and bad news about provider coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The study examined whether health plans offered…

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Physician Coverage under the ACA

  • FDA

    Does FDA Need a Dietary Supplement User Fee Act?

    By Elizabeth Guo Dietary supplements are dominating headlines these days – and not in a good way. Last Wednesday, Nevada officials found basketball star Lamar Odom unconscious at a brothel after taking cocaine along ,…

    Does FDA Need a Dietary Supplement User Fee Act?

  • FDA

    Regulating Tobacco Standards: An Easy Fix in a Scientifically Uncertain Field

    By Elizabeth Guo Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study finding that smokers using reduced nicotine cigarettes smoked 30% fewer cigarettes and had reduced cravings at the end of the study…

    Regulating Tobacco Standards: An Easy Fix in a Scientifically Uncertain Field

  • Bioethics

    Assisted Suicide and Lethal Injection: FDA’s Regulatory Dilemma?

    By Elizabeth Guo Two weeks ago, California’s legislature approved a bill that would make California the fifth, and largest state to approve assisted suicide. If Governor Jerry Brown signs the bill, California would join Oregon,…

    Assisted Suicide and Lethal Injection: FDA’s Regulatory Dilemma?