by Jordana Choucair | Oct 14, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order today urging federal officials to lower prescription costs. The order will require the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to outline within 90 days how it will use new models of care and payment to cut...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 5, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to serve as the U.S. representative on the World Health Organization’s executive board. The decision sets the stage for the U.S. to have its first Senate-confirmed member on the board since...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 30, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate approved a continuing resolution to extend government funding through December 16. The bill renews the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fee agreement. From 2023 to 2027, the bill would allow the FDA to collect $1.78 billion to $1.9 billion in user...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House announced that over 100 private and public entities committed more than $8 billion to the “food is medicine” movement linking nutrition and chronic illness. Of the committed funds, $2.5 billion will be invested in startup companies...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 27, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House is scheduled on Wednesday to host the first nutrition summit in a half century. A White House document calls for school meals for all; nutrition and obesity counseling for Medicare beneficiaries; a permanent extension of the child tax credit; and...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 27, 2022 | D.C. News
House and Senate health leaders reached a deal to advance a bill that would renew FDA user fees. The “clean” extension does not contain additional reforms to increase oversight of dietary supplements, lab-developed tests, and other areas. However, the bill...
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