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CDC Report Finds No Connection Between Thimerosal and Autism

Drug Topics

In a new CDC report, investigators found that there was no connection between thimerosal in vaccines and autism or other neurodevelopmental conditions. The properties of thimerosal were documented to contribute to the safe use of multidose vials and packaging of vaccines, such as seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines.

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Pneumococcal Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Increased Among Children Over Last 15 Years

Drug Topics

Sweden’s move from the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) to PCV10 in 2019 is most likely responsible for the uptick in pHUS cases because of changes in serotype coverage. 1 “In Sweden, PCV13 was introduced in the NIP in 2010 but replaced by PCV10 in 2019.” coli, the remaining 10% is almost entirely caused by S.

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Unpleasant truth: the pandemic, record debt and our opportunity for sustainability

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Governments do not have to look hard to find ample opportunity for their health systems to accelerate biosimilar adoption practices and drive huge healthcare savings while still delivering excellent high quality patient care, as noted openly by the FDA during the last 18 months. Unpleasant truth: let’s embrace it and take action.

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A Reversal on Sequencing? Proposed Legislation Would Allow Patenting of Naturally Occurring Genes

The FDA Law Blog

By 2010, about 2000 isolated human genes had been patented in the U.S. In 2010, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), among other organizations, brought suit against Myriad Genetics, challenging the validity of the company’s patents on the BRCA 1/2 genes.