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Covid-19
Patients Fend for Themselves to Access Highly Touted Covid Antibody TreatmentsUntil this week, there has been no nationwide system to tell people where they could obtain the drugs.
Covid-19
FDA Grants Pfizer EUA for COVID-19 Vaccine, Healthcare Leaders JubilantAccording to Pfizer, the first doses of the vaccine are prepared to be delivered immediately.
Clinical Care
New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying PatientsRecently, several U.S. cities and states have voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of psilocybin.
Covid-19
CMS Expands Access for COVID-19 Antibody TreatmentMedicare will not pay for the monoclonal antibody products that providers receive for free but will reimburse providers for the...
Covid-19
As Faith in Vaccines Falters, Biden Is Under Pressure to Name New FDA Chief StatEven if Biden moves at breakneck speed to replace outgoing Commissioner Stephen Hahn, it could be weeks after Biden is...
Covid-19
Who Decides When Vaccine Studies Are Done? Internal Documents Show Fauci Plays a Key Role.Dr. Anthony Fauci will see data from government-funded vaccine trials before the FDA does. One caveat: Pfizer's study, which is...
Covid-19
Foreign Masks, Fear and a Fake Certification: Staff at CSL Plasma Say Conditions at Donation Centers Aren't SafeStaff at CSL Plasma, an industry leader, raised alarms about faulty masks as donors flooded in, but the FDA and...
Covid-19
Dozens of U.S. Hospitals Poised to Defy FDA's Directive on COVID PlasmaAs many as 45 hospitals from coast to coast have expressed interest in collaborating on a randomized, controlled clinical trial...
Covid-19
5 Things to Know About Convalescent Blood PlasmaWith all the news swirling around convalescent plasma this week, we thought we'd break it down for you.
Covid-19
Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on VaccineEarly evidence that any vaccine works would lead to political pressure from the administration for emergency approval by the FDA.
Strategy
CMS Announces New CLIA Waived Tests And Their CPT CodesNotably, Medicare pays only for laboratory tests categorized as waived complexity under CLIA in facilities with a CLIA certificate of...
Covid-19
As Problems Grow with Abbott's Fast COVID Test, FDA Standards are Under FireThe FDA has now received a total of 106 reports of adverse events for the Abbott test.