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How Retailers Are the New Public Health Purveyors

Health Populi

CVS stopped selling tobacco on October 1, 2014. In that moment, a Fortune 100 company stepped an entire foot, and not just a toe, into public health waters. [I I covered that event with joy here in Health Populi as soon as it was announced months earlier on February 14th]. That was a watershed moment in U.S.

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Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures

Bill of Health

In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Maven Clinic Announces $125 Million Series F Round of Funding to Chart the Next Decade of Innovation in Women’s and Family Health

Healthcare IT Today

Increasing Depth of Support Across Maven’s End-to-End Platform Maternity & Newborn Care Since 2014, Maven’s Maternity & Newborn Care program has set a new standard for prenatal and postpartum care. Parenting & Pediatrics Amid a parenting mental health crisis recently recognized as a public health issue by the U.S.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

Government Patent Use to Promote Public Health in the United States: Overcoming Nonpatent Exclusivities. Am J Public Health. Post-Marketing Requirements for Cancer Drugs Approved by the European Medicines Agency, 2004-2014. What to Know About the Alzheimer Drug Aducanumab (Aduhelm). JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jun 6.

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Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: This 21-year low for the tech industry has implications for health care as digital health technology blurs into everyday healthcare the way “e-business” and the Internet melted into our daily work and personal life-flows.

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Navigating The Mental Health Challenges of an Aging Population

HIT Consultant

This trend is expected to accelerate, bringing with it various public health challenges, including a rising prevalence of late-life depression. Deep TMS has been successful in treating patients aged 22 to 68 since 2014. The treatment can be used alone or in conjunction with medication and/or talk therapy.

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The Physician Payments Sunshine Act – Compliance in a Nutshell                                                                     

AIHC

Detailed documentation of financial interactions, including consulting fees, research grants, speaking fees, and gifts Reporting Categories Research Payments Ownership and Investment Interests General Payments Natures of Payment: Consulting and Speaking Fees Honoraria, Gifts, Royalties Grants and Research Charitable Contributions Entertainment, Travel, (..)