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Will NIH Learn from Myriad when Settling Its mRNA Inventorship Dispute with Moderna?

Bill of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is currently embroiled in a dispute over the ownership of patent rights to Moderna’s flagship mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273). If so, NIH, their employer, would be a co-owner of the vaccine technology and could, in theory, make it more broadly available around the world.

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Mainstreaming Reproductive Genetic Innovation

Bill of Health

In 2015, Congress included a now-recurring budget rider in appropriations legislation that prevents the FDA from using its funding to consider IND applications involving “heritable genetic modification.” using administrative law: (1) adapting the U.K.’s using administrative law: (1) adapting the U.K.’s

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Luma Health Secures $130M to Optimize Patient Journey

HIT Consultant

Founded in 2015 on the idea that patients should easily be able to connect to their healthcare provider, Luma Health is the most comprehensive platform available to unify and automate the patient’s healthcare journey. Orchestrate Your Patient’s Journey. Recent Traction/Milestones. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies. ”

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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

now, looking at health citizens’ trust in five segments of the health care industry between 2015 and 2021. Transparency and education are essential to building trust in vaccines, Edelman concludes in this study, noting that 64% of U.S. Let’s focus in on the U.S.

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

Bill of Health

Monsanto and Myriad) ( this 2015 article discusses the history and taxonomy of patent pledges, many of which are collected in this online database ). Like the Open COVID Pledge before it, Moderna’s pledge expressly states that it is valid only “ while the pandemic continues. Pfizer made such a vaccine.

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What is HIPAA Enforcement Discretion?

HIPAA Journal

The Notice did not apply to health plans or healthcare clearinghouses when they were performing health plan and clearinghouse functions, nor to healthcare providers or business associates that were not performing COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Site activities, even if those activities were performed at the testing sites.

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How Healthcare Can Weaponize Data to Fight Worldwide Disease

HIT Consultant

Transmission dynamics can track needle sharing or sexual contact, such as in the case of the outbreak of HIV in rural Indiana in 2015. By harnessing the power of data and data engineering cloud technology, Genomics England may discover new genetic risk factors and treatments for patients with COVID-19.