California compliance law
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Assemblywoman Lois Wolk (D-Davis) drops efforts to obtain legal council opinion regarding the applicability of SB 1765 to device makers and will wait to see how the law is implemented (1"The Gray Sheet" April 25, 2005, p. 3). The law, signed in September 2004, requires adoption of compliance programs in accordance with PhRMA and OIG guidelines, beginning July 1. However, "some [device] companies are looking at this and saying that with the provision of substantial compliance and with proper documentation...you could potentially follow the AdvaMed code," AdvaMed Exec VP Blair Childs stated at the association's Emerging Growth Company Conference June 9 in Minneapolis...