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...The package in addition includes a proposal for a compulsory licensing system to allow it to take control of the manufacture of vaccines and drugs during public health emergencies....
...But we are not in Alabama. We are in Ballymena, a small town outside Belfast, and the capital of Northern Ireland’s own Bible Belt....
...China’s state medical insurance scheme has also added more branded, non-generic drugs to a list of those that qualify for patient reimbursement, including products by foreign companies such as Novartis,...
...UK, British Medical Association strike ballot closes for NHS consultants to decide whether they will stage industrial action over pay levels....
...The UK is still locked in eleventh hour talks with the European Commission over a trade deal, with disagreements remaining over fisheries and the fair competition level playing field....
...Medical malpractice A Birmingham, Alabama property group has made billions financing the buyouts of hospitals on the verge of bankruptcy....
..., asks Privette Perko, the Knight Commission executive....
...But governments have been largely dependent on private companies such as Pfizer to provide medical solutions. Does the dominant Covid-19 jab manufacturer have too much power?...
...Brussels has also argued that existing international agreements on intellectual property already offer some flexibility on sharing vaccine IP, including possibilities for compulsory licensing....
...BioNTech co-founder and chief executive Ugur Sahin outlined the effort on a joint video call with Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall....
...The US move received a cool response from Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president....
...Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, said the UK placed its order for 100m doses three months before the European Commission. The EU has been left playing catch-up....
...Promoting open trade in medical products is as important — maybe more so — for the WTO right now than changing patent rules....
...It said the commission appeared to already know about the preliminary WHO results as it raised them with the drugmaker on October 9. The commission declined to comment further....
...And while compulsory licensing is certainly an option, it requires governments to jump through various hoops including first negotiating with manufacturers to deliver the product at a low price, the idea...
...Earlier this year the Dutch competition authority, together with the European Commission, successfully pressured Roche into releasing material used to make Covid test kits....
...Traditional companies have been subject to licensing for many years....
...Washington has been letting companies use the licensing and export rules of some of the countries they’re exporting from, implying trust in allies....
...He also hired a private investigator, who visited a top prescriber in Alabama, describing it as the “epitome of a pill mill”....
...“We need leadership from the European Commission to come up with a common approach.”...
...UK residents who want to travel to EU countries with a firearm or shotgun are advised to “contact the authorities of the countries concerned for information about their licensing requirements”....
...A licensing deal between Netflix and iQiyi last year further boosted iQiyi’s portfolio of foreign language hits....
...ICU Medical declined to comment. Pfizer, which sold the Hospira Infusion business to ICU Medical in February 2017, said it was co-ordinating with the new owner to “produce records for the DoJ”....
...Saying he does not believe marijuana has medical uses, Mr Sessions has threatened to axe the single paragraph of federal law which prevents the national government from prosecuting medical marijuana users...
...Expat pensioners returning to the UK for medical treatment could cost the National Health Service an extra £500m a year if reciprocal health agreements are withdrawn after Brexit, the Nuffield Trust has...
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