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Health sector has spent $464 million on lobbying in 2020
PhRMA leads sector through the third quarter, with the American Hospital Association just behind.
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CDC panel takes on COVID vaccine rollout, risks, and side effects
ACIP will need to offer direction on which groups should get priority in vaccine allocation, inasmuch as early supplies will not be sufficient to...
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HHS extends deadline for patient access to your clinical notes
Government cites the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the delay.
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COVID-19 vaccine standards questioned at FDA advisory meeting
Speakers asked for data showing COVID-19 vaccines can prevent serious illness and urged transparency about the agency’s deliberations for each...
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CDER chief reflects on advances in rare diseases
“People always call me fearless, but I feel like I just state the facts,” Dr. Janet Woodcock said.
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Surgeon general pushes for improved hypertension control
“We cannot wait to deal with this epidemic of uncontrolled high blood pressure” that affects more than 82 million American, U.S. Surgeon General...
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CDC flips, acknowledges aerosol spread of COVID-19
The update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others...
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Inside the flawed White House testing scheme that did not protect Trump
An early antigen test used by the White House was woefully inaccurate. But the new antigen test the White House is using has not been...
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‘Celebration’ will be ‘short-lived’ if COVID vaccine rushed: Experts
US regulators eventually could safely approve vaccines for COVID-19 if the process is kept free of political pressure regarding time lines, study...
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‘Overwhelming evidence’ FDA’s opioid approval process is shoddy
The majority of approvals of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain during 1997-2018 were based on pivotal trials that lacked critical safety...