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South African Medical Schemes May No Longer Need to Subsidize COVID Vaccines Opens in a new window)
Medical schemes, funds that pool member contributions to cover healthcare costs, have been in talks with the government over funding vaccines for those without access to private health cover as well as their own members. -
Three Steps can Help Companies Speed FDA approval of New Drugs Opens in a new window)
The main reason for delays and extensions is that sponsors submit their applications too soon.Comments
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EU 'Catching Up' With UK Covid Vaccination Rollout – Von der Leyen Opens in a new window)
Commission president responds to fresh criticism over shortages of vaccine doses in bloc.Comments
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Implementation of Medicines Pricing Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review
A new systematic review analyzing drug pricing policies in sub-Saharan Africa.Comments
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Why Medicare Policies Drive Up Drug Prices
Professor David Ridley will share insights from his new research that suggests that the way Medicare pays health care providers for drugs inadvertently encourages drug makers to charge higher prices.Comments
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Uncovering the Potential of Advanced Analytics in International Price Management Opens in a new window)
How can pharmaceutical companies successfully apply advanced analytics?Comments
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State-by-State Drug Policy Threats
For the past several years, the price of pharmaceuticals has been an important federal policy issue and the debate has featured a variety of proposals, some of which are incredibly dangerous and counterproductive.Comments
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‘Held to Ransom’: Pfizer Demands Governments Gamble with State Assets to Secure Vaccine Deal Opens in a new window)
In the case of one country, demands made by the pharmaceutical giant led to a three-month delay in a vaccine deal being agreed.Comments
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UK Considers “Vaccine Passports” to Prove Covid Protection
Boris Johnson has said that the UK government is considering whether to introduce so-called “vaccine passports”.Comments
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UK Government to Review Covid Vaccine Passport
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tasked Michael Gove with leading a review into the possible use of vaccine certificates - or domestic vaccine passports - for businesses in the UK.Comments
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Republicans’ Surprising Becerra Attack: He’s Not Sympathetic Enough to Pharma Opens in a new window)
The attack on Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, is a surprising twist following years of agitation on Capitol Hill and from the Trump administration over high drug prices.Comments
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Colombia Approves Emergency Use of AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine Opens in a new window)
Colombia has secured vaccine agreements with a raft of pharmaceutical companies and the World Health Organization-backed COVAX program.Comments
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This Doctor Says Black Americans Should Be Prioritized For The Vaccines
VICE News talks to an emergency room physician about why Black and brown communities are being left behind in the vaccine rollout.Comments
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India Sends First Vaccine Doses to Africa Under WHO's COVAX Programme Opens in a new window)
India, the world’s biggest maker of vaccines, has shipped over 17 million vaccine doses to more than two dozen countries - including around 6 million as gifts to partners such as Bangladesh and Nepal.Comments
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HHS Secretary Nominee Xavier Becerra on Drug Pricing
Becerra fields questions on drug pricing during his HELP Committee confirmation hearing.Comments
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