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Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics

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At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article. The first pathway is requiring funding recipients to use out-licensing to alleviate scarcity.

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

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government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” Monsanto and Myriad) ( this 2015 article discusses the history and taxonomy of patent pledges, many of which are collected in this online database ). By Jorge L. Pandemic Pledges.

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Automating Accessibility in Health IT – Part 2

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The first article in this series, Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant , introduced the importance of designing web sites and other health care tools for many different types of people. In this article, we’ll look at how far you can go with the automation of web site accessibility.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – January

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A new template for the Certificate of a Pharmaceutical Product will be put into use in line with China’s pharmaceutical export practices and the latest World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The application/notification must be submitted via the EUDAMED database (Article 69 IVDR).

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – July and August 2023

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Time frame for Accepting CE Marked Medical Devices in Great Britain Extended, 01 July 2023 The United Kingdom (UK) government has made regulations ( The Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023 ) that enable CE marked medical devices to be accepted in Great Britain for defined periods beyond 30 June 2023.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – July/August

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Health Canada is warning consumers about counterfeit BTNX Rapid Response COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits (25-pack boxes) found in Ontario. The counterfeit devices were sold online by a distributor named Healthful Plus without the required license to import, distribute, or sell medical devices in Canada.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2024

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” If the product is prohibited in Brazil, a notice of infraction is drawn up for smuggling of goods (Article 334 A, item II, of the Criminal Code), which is then sent to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for criminal investigation. ISO/IEC 42001 , the world’s first AI management system standard, meets that need.

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