- The Biden administration announced that it will begin shifting COVID-19 vaccine distribution and treatments to the private market as soon as January 2023. While the administration previously indicated it planned to have the government vacate its central role eventually, the process had accelerated because Congress has not provided funding for the government to purchase more vaccines and treatments. The move signals that the administration sees the acute emergency phase of the pandemic as ending, and that purchasing and distribution of measures to fight COVID-19 should work more like the rest of the health care system. (Article here)
August 31, 2022
Life Sciences