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Posted inCoronavirus
Trump’s ‘America First’ Vaccine Agenda May Leave Us Last
By using the usual patent monopoly framework rather than international open-source collaboration, the coronavirus vaccine may prove both elusive and more costly for Americans.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Time to Seize Drug Patents
Plus, the scene in Los Angeles, and the end of the PPP. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 30, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus
Did Joe Pizza Tell Trump About Hydroxychloroquine?
Mr. Pizza, whose wife was serenaded by Trump at Mar-a-Lago, is a hydroxychloroquine dealer.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Behind the Coronavirus Threat, a Middleman Destroying Prescription Drug Markets
Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) have driven many of the generic drug manufacturers out of business, and pushed those remaining to locate factories in China, ground zero for the epidemic.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Pharma-Funded ‘Dark Money’ Group Hosts House Staffers for California Junket
The staffers, several of whom work for reps on the subcommittee overseeing pharmaceuticals, met with executives from drug companies Merck and Genentech.
Posted inPolitics
Under Cover of Impeachment, Pelosi Wraps Up a Year’s Policymaking in 24 Hours
While nobody was looking, the House Speaker resolved major end-of-the-year policy deals. Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Posted inPolitics
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Team Up With House Progressives to Challenge Nancy Pelosi on Drug Bill
The Progressive Caucus is threatening to vote down a drug pricing bill important to Nancy Pelosi. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have backed them up.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Mother of Insulin Victim on Pelosi’s Drug Price Bill: ‘It Wouldn’t Have Saved My Son’s Life’
The Lower Drug Costs Now Act, with its critical gaps and questionable strategy, is a microcosm of how House Democratic leaders have done policy all year.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Warren’s Medicare for All Plan Includes No New Taxes on the Middle Class
The deeply detailed proposal cuts health care costs and finds other revenues, saving ordinary Americans $11 trillion in premiums and deductibles.