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28 12, 2020

Drug Firms Win Court Bid Halting White House Rule Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices

By | December 28th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Drug Firms Win Court Bid Halting White House Rule Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices

A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own costs suffered a legal setback last Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president …

28 12, 2020

Can Insurance-Related Firms Compel Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccination?

By | December 28th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Can Insurance-Related Firms Compel Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccination?

The long-awaited and highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine is here. The first to arrive on the scene, from Pfizer-BioNTech, received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration several days ago. On the heels of that, Moderna’s version got the …

24 12, 2020

Smaller Websites Nervous Over Giant Facebook’s Support for Liability Reform

By | December 24th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Smaller Websites Nervous Over Giant Facebook’s Support for Liability Reform

Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online, a position that’s leaving smaller websites concerned about the cost of accepting more responsibility for what appears on their platforms. …

23 12, 2020

Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’

By | December 23rd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’

Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications …

23 12, 2020

Walmart Denies U.S. Charges It Fueled Opioid Crisis by Filling ‘Illegitimate Prescriptions’

By | December 23rd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Walmart Denies U.S. Charges It Fueled Opioid Crisis by Filling ‘Illegitimate Prescriptions’

The U.S. Justice Department sued Walmart Inc. on Tuesday, accusing the world’s biggest retailer of fueling the opioid crisis in the United States, ignoring warning signs from its pharmacists and filling thousands of invalid prescriptions. In a civil lawsuit in …

21 12, 2020

Walgreens, CVS Lead COVID-19 Vaccination Drive for Nursing Homes

By | December 21st, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Walgreens, CVS Lead COVID-19 Vaccination Drive for Nursing Homes

The U.S. government and two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains kick off a nationwide campaign to vaccinate nursing home residents against COVID-19 on Monday, a week after the first vaccines authorized in the country began being administered to healthcare …

22 12, 2020

Insurance M&A Rebound to Continue Into 2021: PwC

By | December 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insurance M&A Rebound to Continue Into 2021: PwC

Insurance mergers and acquisitions (M&A) rebounded from COVID-19 challenges in the second half of 2020. The trend should continue well into 2021 as companies unload non-core assets and purse cost-effective advancements in technology, PwC said in a new report. The …

22 12, 2020

Different Federal, State Rules Confuse Employers Seeking COVID Vaccine for Workers

By | December 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Different Federal, State Rules Confuse Employers Seeking COVID Vaccine for Workers

U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine remain confused about conflicting state and local guidelines on how shots will be administered and to which workers, even as …

22 12, 2020

Here’s What’s In the $900 Billion COVID-19 Bill

By | December 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Here’s What’s In the $900 Billion COVID-19 Bill

U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavirus pandemic, with votes on Monday. Here’s what is in …

21 12, 2020

Suspected Russian Hack of U.S. Government: Espionage or Act of War?

By | December 21st, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Suspected Russian Hack of U.S. Government: Espionage or Act of War?

The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it “virtually a declaration of war” and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio saying that “America must retaliate, and not just …