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Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act again

June 17, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned back a third Republican challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), this time by a 7-2 vote. The latest challenge to the law popularly known as Obamacare came from Texas and other states, backed by the administration of former President Donald Trump. The justices ruled that the challengers lacked legal standing […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, Obamacare, U.S. Supreme Court

Trump advisor urged PPE push, drug scale-up early in pandemic

March 31, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

A top advisor to former President Donald Trump urged his pandemic response team in February 2020 to respond swiftly to the spread of COVID-19, but told Trump that his recommendations had been largely ignored. Then-assistant to the president Peter Navarro wrote an impassioned memo to Trump on March 1, 2020, recommending that the federal government boost […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Distribution, Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Donald Trump, White House Coronavirus Task Force

Pandemic Emergency Manufacturing Act would supplement DPA

February 4, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

A rewritten pandemic manufacturing bill was introduced to both houses of Congress yesterday to enable the federal government to manufacture or contract with existing manufacturers to make products to fight COVID-19. The bill, introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), builds off the COVID-19 Emergency Manufacturing Act, introduced in 2020 to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Contract Manufacturing, Diagnostics, Featured, Pharmaceutical, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Defense Production Act, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, personal protective equipment, vaccines

What’s next for the FDA and for Stephen Hahn?

January 13, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

Outgoing FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn says he needs some time to reflect on his future after leading the FDA for a little over a year. It’s hard to blame him. Hahn’s brief tenure at FA has been rocky, to say the least. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.

Filed Under: Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Donald Trump, FDA, Stephen Hahn

Medtech takes a stand on D.C. rioting

January 7, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

The medtech industry has joined other business and industry groups in condemning Tuesday’s siege of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. by supporters of President Donald Trump. The National Manufacturers Association called for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office. The Business Roundtable tweeted a call for an end […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured Tagged With: AdvaMed, B. Braun, becton dickinson, Donald Trump, Johnson & Johnson, Medical Device Manufacturers Association

Biden to bolster COVID-19 vaccine production with Defense Production Act

December 30, 2020 By Brian Buntz

Joe Biden is reportedly planning on invoking the Defense Production Act to shore up the production of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S.  While FDA has authorized the distribution of vaccines from Moderna Moderna (NSDQ:MRNA) and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and its partner BioNTech (NSDQ:BNTX), distribution has been patchy thus far. Get the full story at our sister site, Pharmaceutical […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Contract Manufacturing, Featured, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Production Act, Donald Trump, Joe Biden

Guess who the pharma industry is supporting for president

October 21, 2020 By Brian Buntz

The pharma industry has put its weight behind Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, reversing a longstanding fundraising trend that has favored the GOP. Republican candidates have received 64% of pharma industry contributions since 1990, according to the Center for Responsive Politics’ Open Secrets. But the industry is shifting its support to Democrats in 2020. So far, donors with links […]

Filed Under: Featured, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: Donald Trump, Joe Biden

FDA defies Trump on vaccine approval timeline

October 6, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The FDA today told COVID-19 vaccine developers that it needs two months’ worth of safety data before it will consider emergency approvals. The agency’s move cast further doubt on a vaccine against SARS-COV-2 being ready by election day, November 3 — a notion mentioned repeatedly by President Trump in attempts to pressure the agency to […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, FDA, vaccines

Feds shipping 100M of Abbott’s rapid COVID-19 tests to states

September 29, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

The U.S. federal government has started shipping 100 million of the Abbott (NYSE:ABT) rapid COVID-19 tests to states to support school reopenings and more. “For example, the support my administration is providing would allow every state to, on a very regular basis, test every teacher who needs it. This continues our critical effort to use testing […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Featured Tagged With: Abbott, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump

Report: AstraZeneca Phase III COVID-19 vaccine remains on hold in U.S.

September 24, 2020 By Sean Whooley

AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) is reportedly keeping its COVID-19 vaccine trial in the U.S. on hold as questions remain over patient safety. U.S. Health and Human Services Dept. Secretary Alex Azar told CNBC yesterday that federal investigators are looking for “answers to important questions,” regarding the safety of patients involved in the trial operated by the United Kingdom-based company in […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: AstraZeneca plc, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS), Donald Trump, Oxford University

Ambu, Boston Sci execs see domination for single-use scopes

September 11, 2020 By Tom Salemi

Hospital closures connected to COVID-19 have cut into the sales of many medical device companies, but executives at rival makers of single-use scopes say pandemic has only heightened existing concerns about contamination, exposure and cost. In interviews in this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, executives from Ambu A/S  and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX)  said improved technology make […]

Filed Under: Endoscopic, Featured Tagged With: Ambu, Bardy Diagnostics, Boston Scientific, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Holmes, Joe Biden, Kevin Hykes, Theranica Bio-Electronics, Theranos

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