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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” After the pandemic, it is willing to offer paid licenses. Licensing structures like this go back at least to World War II, when the U.S. By Jorge L. Updating” the Pledge.

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Managing Healthcare Compliance in Michigan

MedTrainer

Michigan Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) focuses on safeguarding public health, implementing health programs, and ensuring the overall health and safety of the population.

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The Key Health Care Initiatives Proposed in Governor Hochul’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Executive Budget

Health Care Law Brief

In addition to those provisions that look to extend current government programs, the HMH Bill proposes the following new initiatives: Provider Specific Provisions : Transforming Safety Net Hospitals. billion to fund Medicaid, $4.8 billion to address serious mental illness and $6 billion in federal funding through the 1115 Waiver.

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States and Feds Signal Big Changes to Telehealth Prescribing

Health Law Advisor

On February 14, 2023, the Utah Senate passed a bill that would repeal the State’s “Online Prescribing, Dispensing, and Facilitation Licensing Act” (“Online Prescribing Act”). States and the federal government have been taking sides on the ability of pharmacies to dispense mail-order medications used for abortion. 18 U.S.C. §

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Access to Abortion Pill on the Precipice: A Deep Dive into the Federal Court Rulings that will Decide the Fate of Mifepristone 

Healthcare Law Blog

In their motion for preliminary injunction to withdraw or suspend the FDA approvals of chemical abortion drugs, the Texas Plaintiffs claim that the FDA is “running roughshod over the laws and regulations that govern the agency and, more importantly, protect the public from harmful drugs.”

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How the Fifty States View Electronic Data as a “Product”

Drug & Device Law

Since digital files were not “articles” under the statute, the government could not rely on this statute to prevent their importation. 2008 WL 11344752, at *2 (D. April 22, 2008); Isham v. 2008 WL 2622791, at *4 (N.D. 2008) (all quoting and following Pierson definition of product). at 1291-93 (construing 19 U.S.C.

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The FDA and Feasible Alternative Designs

Drug & Device Law

Without an FDA license to produce another design, [defendant] was legally prohibited from distributing either [alternative design advocated by plaintiffs] at the time [plaintiff] received her vaccinations. Lederle Laboratories , 2008 WL 972657 (W. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. , 2d 397 (6th Cir. That point is indisputable. 2d at 401.

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