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Opinion: A bipartisan opportunity to strengthen America’s pandemic security

STAT

In 2006, when many Americans had barely heard the word “coronavirus,” Congress passed the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), a landmark, bipartisan legislative framework that has successfully steered our nation’s biosecurity policy ever since.

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HIV vaccines suffer setbacks but new approaches could turn the tide

Pharmaceutical Technology

Only a few weeks into the new year, the prospect of getting a successful advanced HIV vaccine shrank after the discontinuation of yet another late-stage trial. On January 18, Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary, stated that its vaccine was not effective in preventing HIV infections.

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Researchers find HPV vaccine cuts cervical cancer by 87%

Pharma Times

The research paper, published in the Lancet and funded by Cancer Research UK, considered all cervical cancers diagnosed in England among women aged 20-64 between January 2006 and June 2019

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Five Things to Know About the State of Independent Pharmacy Economics

Drug Channels

But there are some emerging positive trends, including DIR reform and profits from COVID-19 vaccinations. Read more » Copyright © 2006-2022 Pembroke Consulting, Inc. retail pharmacy industry faces many powerful headwinds. Expect independents to keep hanging in there. d/b/a Drug Channels Institute.

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Building agile partner relationships at a vaccine-focused biotech

pharmaphorum

In this episode of the pharmaphorum podcast series, Dr Paul Tunnah chats with Jeff Baxter, CEO of VBI Vaccines and Lee Taurman, executive vice president full service commercial at Syneos Health. Jeff Baxter – President and CEO, VBI Vaccines. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.

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Can the Tropical PRV Have Its Moment (Again?) – Not all Priority Review Vouchers are Created Alike: What the Potential Loss of the Rare Pediatric PRV Could Mean for the Tropical Disease PRV Program

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

In 2006, David Ridley, Henry Grabowski, and Jeff Moe proposed a voucher in an article in Health Affairs as an incentive to develop therapies for neglected infectious and parasitic diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people in the developing world.

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Millions of peoples’ access to affordable medicines at risk if India-EFTA trade deal finalised as is: MSF

Express Pharma

This is because MSF relies on quality-assured vaccines and medicines made in India to treat the people under their care, with its spending on generic medicines procured from India estimated at 95 per cent for HIV, 90 per cent for hepatitis C antivirals, 36 per cent on TB treatments, and 30 per cent on vaccines.