Thursday, June 30, 2022: D.C. News

The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to markup a fiscal 2023 spending bill that would provide $124.2 billion to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), an increase of $15.6 billion above enacted levels. The billion allocates an additional $2...

Thursday, June 30, 2022: Life Sciences

The Biden administration announced that it will purchase 105 million doses of an updated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, pending Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. The updated vaccine is expected to target the omicron variant, with the goal of providing improved...

Thursday, June 30, 2022: Life Sciences

Pfizer and BioNTech announced they will initiate clinical trials of pan-coronavirus vaccines in the second half of the year. The company said it wants to provide “durable variant protection.” Universal vaccines have been studied with limited success for...

Thursday, June 30, 2022: Payers

A new Brookings Institute analysis found that eliminating premiums for low-income Affordable Care Act exchange customers that pay a very small amount a month could boost coverage by 48,000 this year. According to the analysis, even requiring customers to pay even a...