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EU and US launch joint task force on global health threats; The latest health stories from around the world

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The European Union and the United States have launched a new joint health task force to cooperate on cancer, global health threats and related supply chains and infrastructure, officials told a press conference last Wednesday. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992081?ecd=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=398271FG&impID=5445031&faf=1 The task force was set up on the heels of a cooperation agreement signed in June last year to …

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US extends COVID-19 pandemic status

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The Biden administration extended the Covid-19 pandemic’s status as a public health emergency for another 90 days, preserving measures such as expanded Medicaid and higher payments to hospitals. The decision follows comments President Joe Biden made in September describing the pandemic as over. Some Republican lawmakers said afterward that the administration should wind down its …

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Polio outbreak leads to state of emergency in New York

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Friday over a growing polio outbreak, in an effort to better equip health care providers with tools to curb the spread of the sometimes disabling virus before it takes further hold in the state. www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/nyregion/new-york-polio-state-of-emergency.html? The order allows emergency service workers, midwives and pharmacists to …

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The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases leader, Fauci, is to step down in December

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Dr Anthony Fauci, the renowned physician-scientist who has led the $6.3 billion US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for nearly 4 decades and since early 2020 has been the United States (US) government’s voice of scientific reason during the COVID-19 pandemic, will step down from government service in December. www.science.org/content/article/he-battled-aids-covid-19-and-trump-now-anthony-fauci-stepping-down? Fauci became …

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Bloomberg Philanthropies steps up in coronavirus fight

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Bloomberg Philanthropies is to roll out a US$40 million programme to tackle novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries. The Bloomberg Philanthropies Coronavirus Global Response Initiative aims to provide support to low- and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on Africa, to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. The Initiative will look at both preventing cases …

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US-India Trade Deal: A win-win situation for the patients and the sector

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New Delhi, January 30th, 2020: Amid the ongoing positive developments in the US-India trade deal, speculations to replace the practice of blanket price caps for high-end medical devices and opt for trade margin rationalisation (TMR) have surfaced online. If media reports are to be believed, there has been substantial progress on the trade negotiations with …

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India filling the boots of the US in Paris Agreement

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Donald Trump’s decision to remove the US from the Paris Agreement was met with dismayed reactions around the globe. One of the reasons cited by Trump for leaving the agreement was the fact that Indian coal production was increasing, while the US was expected to cut all coal production. It is no secret that India …

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Raising awareness of rare diseases

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Rare diseases — despite the uncommonness that the name infers — cumulatively affect around 350 million people. This figure includes around 30 million individuals from the US and roughly 70 million in India. Simultaneous seven-kilometre walks/runs were held in Bengaluru and Mumbai in order to raise awareness for 7,000 rare diseases and the 70 million …

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India defiant in US dispute over price capping

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India has responded to US criticism of the price capping of medical devices with defiance. It is refusing to abstain from continued price regulation. India received a specific mention in the US Special 301 reports from the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE) regarding the price capping. The report identifies India’s National …

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US and India’s relationship souring over price capping?

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Just a few months ago the relationship between India and the US was touted by President Donald Trump as having “never been stronger”. Will India’s policy of price capping medical devices sour this relationship? The US Trade Representative (USTR) is reportedly considering revoking the special tariff with India if it continues to implement price caps …

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