FTC Talks Drug Mergers, Rebates; Lawmakers Take Up FDA User Fee Bill; Advisers Vote On COVID-19 Vaccine EUA Recommendations

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a two-day meeting starting Tuesday (June 14) on drug industry mergers, followed by a meeting Thursday at which FTC will vote on whether to issue a policy statement describing the commission’s intent to examine drug rebates. This week also brings congressional markups of FDA user fee legislation and FDA appropriations, plus a hearing on the administration’s response to the pandemic. Plus, FDA advisers will vote Tuesday and Wednesday on whether to recommend authorizing messenger-RNA...
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Inside Drug Pricing - 06/13/2022
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Trio Of Bills Would Boost Immigrant Providers To Bolster Workforce

A new set of bills introduced by Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Adam Smith (D-WA) could help alleviate some of the health care sector’s staffing shortages by increasing the number of immigrant providers who enter and remain in the workforce, a solution that stakeholders have clashed over in recent months. Roybal-Allard and Smith on Thursday (June 9) introduced three bills meant to provide support for current immigrant providers and immigrants interested in pursuing a career in health care: the Professional’s...
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Inside CMS - 06/16/2022
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Vol. 25, No. 24
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CA Advocates Applaud State Legislative Agreement That Funds ACA Subsidies

California health care advocates praise the California legislature for including in its June 1 budget agreement a proposal by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to allocate $300 million to restore state-level insurance premium subsidies if Congress fails to extend enhanced federal Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire in December. But Health Access California is still pushing to ensure the state funding will go toward lowering out-of-pocket costs if federal lawmakers preserve the credits. Anthony Wright, executive director of Health...
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Inside CMS - 06/16/2022
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Health Exchange Alert Weekly Report - 06/15/2022
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Vol. 10, No. 24
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WTO Sends MC12 Texts To Ministers On TRIPS Waiver, Food Security, More

GENEVA -- Late on Friday, World Trade Organization negotiators transmitted the official draft ministerial texts -- including those on a potential intellectual property waiver, food security and fisheries subsidies, -- to the trade ministers before they converged on Sunday to begin the 12th ministerial conference. Ministers were given a quick turnaround time to read and analyze the texts in preparation for MC12 discussions. Notably, most of the documents include very few brackets -- used to signify language where views remain...
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FDA Week - 06/17/2022
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