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Compliance Implications for the End of the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE)

MedTrainer

The end of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) will reinstate regulations that have been absent for years… and many healthcare workers have never had to follow. There are plenty of compliance implications for the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023 , and an assessment is a great place to start.

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

Bill of Health

During large transnational public health crises, global demand soars for diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines. 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.

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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill of Health

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. public investment in the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines between 1985 to 2019.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Deploying telehealth with assured payment regardless of communications format would help practices better manage schedules and professional resources allowing licensed clinicians to each practice at the top of their license, conserving in-person “facetime” for those patients requiring in-person encounters.

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When the Promises of a Policy Do Not Meet the Reality of Its Practice: Ethical Issues Within Oregon’s Measure 109

Bill of Health

Here’s what one of the first patients experienced ,” “ Oregon Issues First Psilocybin Therapy Treatment Center License.” While the campaign for 109 cultivated a sense among the public that its goals were primarily therapeutic, once the measure passed, the letter of the law was crafted to bar therapy professionals from engaging in this work.

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

Bill of Health

Since biotechnology inventions can be covered by several patents, each of which may not be easy to identify through public searches, the decision to publish a consolidated list of patents is a move in the right direction. The following article explains the key patents at stake in the intellectual property dispute.

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The European Commission’s New Compulsory Licensing Proposal: A Step Forward?

Bill of Health

In its proposal, the EU Commission acknowledges that intellectual property rights, and, in particular, patent rights play an important role in access to medicine, especially during public health crises. To solve this tension, the Commission recognizes that patent law already offers a solution: compulsory licensing.

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