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COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues

Bill of Health

Moderna also licensed their mRNA technology from Cellscript LLC – University of Pennsylvania’s successor-in-interest to the 966 patent. By 2009, before Moderna’s patent application, scientists knew that the full-length spike protein is highly immunogenic and can be used to induce protection against certain viruses.

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A Precautionary Approach to Touch in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Bill of Health

We call on those promoting psychedelic therapies to uphold the field and patient safety ethically and effectively through rigorous evidence generation, improved training, evidence-informed standard setting, and external licensing/practitioner oversight.

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Is Your Provider Data Getting Lost in Your Master Data Management?

Symplr

The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act spurred a wave of both new and replacement EHR purchases in the industry. In 2004, President Bush set a goal for every American to have an electronic health record (EHR) by 2014.

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168,000 Patients Have PHI Exposed in Phishing Attack on Henry Ford Health

HIPAA Journal

The compromised information included names or other personal identifiers along with driver’s license numbers and other ID cards. The records related to patients of East Houston Medicine and Pediatric Center who received treatment between 2009 to 2019. Identity theft protection services have been offered to affected individuals.

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Florida Legislature Passes Bill To Relax Healthcare License Restrictions

The Health Law Firm

The Florida Legislature unanimously passed HB 653 which relaxes some of the draconian exclusions enacted under SB 1986, which went into effect on July 1, 2009. As of this writing (March 16, 2012), HB 653 has been passed unanimously by the Florida Legislature, but awaits the Governor's signature.

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Lundbeck v Sandoz – High Court decision

Health Law Pulse

This patent expired on 13 June 2009. Sandoz sold its escitalopram throughout the period from 15 June 2009 to 9 December 2012. At first instance, the primary judge found the licence expired, with the patent, on 13 June 2009. Background. Pursuant to this extension, the patent had a new expiry date of 9 December 2012.

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The History of Healthcare Compliance

MedTrainer

Licensing and credentialing were introduced to regulate healthcare professionals and ensure minimum standards of care. HITECH Act (2009): The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act incentivized the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and increased penalties for data breaches.