WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM), Arlington, Virginia, a coalition of healthcare stakeholders, has submitted a public comment letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing deep concerns regarding the agency's recent signaling of a shift towards "genericizing" biosimilar products. In their letter, ASBM highlights the critical differences between biosimilars and generics and warns that treating biosimilars as generics could undermine patient safe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) Foundation Center for Regulatory Freedom, Alexandria, Virginia, has issued comments regarding a public comment letter submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. This letter pertains to the agency's renewed request for authority to collect environmental data under the National Environmental Policy Act. The comments emphasize the need for the FDA's data collection to remain narrowly focused on its mission to protect publ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Disability Belongs, Fredericksburg, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing opposition to a proposed revision that would eliminate the collection of "significant disproportionality" data from the Annual State Application under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In the newly issued letter, Disability Belongs asserts that the removal of this data collection is detrimental to the monitoring and enforc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Kitchen Cabinets Manufacturing Association (KCMA), Reston, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security expressing its support for tariffs on imports of cabinet manufacturing machinery from China and other Southeast Asian countries. However, the KCMA is urging that no tariffs be imposed on similar machinery from the European Union until the United States can establish sufficient domestic production c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, Alexandria, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, addressing the proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code section 224, which relates to the no tax on tips provision. NAPEO represents a critical sector of the American economy, comprising over 500 professional employer organizations (PEOs) that enhance employment benefits  more