by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Life Sciences
Pfizer has agreed to a licensing deal with the U.N.’s Medicines Patent Pool for its COVID-19 pill. Under the agreement, Pfizer will manufacture and supply its effective antiviral pill in 95 countries, including all low-income and lower-middle-income nations. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration is withdrawing a Trump-era policy that limited the FDA’s review process of certain lab tests, including some COVID-19 tests. Under the policy, the agency did not require premarket reviews of laboratory-developed tests, even in situations...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Mental Health
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released a poll indicating that nearly 80 percent of Americans say mental health professionals, rather than law enforcement, should be the primary first responders to mental health crises. Seventy-two percent of...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson argued in court that three large drug distributors violated the state’s public nuisance and consumer protection laws because they didn’t have tracking systems in place to prevent illegitimate sales and distribution of...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | Payers
Three labor organizations filed a petition indicating that they think the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is too limited in applying to only large businesses. The AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union filed a petition...
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