Election day has come and gone in the U.S., but the question of which party will control Congress remains unanswered, signaling that the country is as divided as ever politically and ideologically. While Democrats and Republicans may agree on problems in the life sciences sector, they often disagree on how to address them.
The White House laid out several timelines Oct. 18 as part of a national biodefense strategy for countering biological threats and enhancing global pandemic preparedness.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) needs to do more and act faster to crack down on drug manufacturers that restrict 340B prescription drug discounts to contract pharmacies, two senators said in a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Oncolinx Pharmaceuticals LLC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have presented new signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders, and bacterial and viral infections.
With a goal of manufacturing biotechnology in the U.S. that’s invented in the U.S., President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sept. 12 launching a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative that’s intended to strengthen the country’s bioeconomy, build stronger supply chains, and better utilize and secure biological data.
Now that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, nearly two weeks after a similar declaration from the World Health Organization, the way is cleared for a coordinated response and emergency use authorizations to address supply challenges that could limit the availability of currently approved vaccines. It also has several companies ready to leap into the fray if their preclinical studies show a path to approval. HHS said it just shipped more than 602,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine to states and jurisdictions, an increase of 266,000 in the past week.
The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a rule June 15 that allowed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to sharply reduce Medicare reimbursement for Part B drugs to hospitals participating in the 340B prescription drug discount program.
The European Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently signed an arrangement to strengthen their cooperation on preparedness and response to public health threats.
A rule forcing the FDA and other agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate and clean out old regulations will never see the light of day.
Ignoring congressional sentiment, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the formal establishment of the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health as an independent entity within the NIH.
