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The dangers of expanding the TRIPS waiver

PhRMA

World Trade Organization (WTO) members, including the United States, are considering waiving commitments to honor certain intellectual property (IP) rights on COVID-19 treatments, following a harmful and unnecessary decision to do the same for COVID-19 vaccines. This is referred to as the TRIPS waiver.

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HiLabs closes $39M funding round as company enters 'next phase of growth'

Fierce Healthcare

HiLabs, an AI-powered health tech company helping plans improve member experience, raised $39 million in a series B financing round, led by growth equity firm Denali Growth Partners and VC firm Eig | An AI-powered health tech company helping drive down operational costs for healthcare organizations and improving member experience for payers pocketed (..)

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HIMSS24: Microsoft, 16 health systems to 'operationalize' AI under new partner network

Fierce Healthcare

Sixteen health systems, Microsoft and other healthcare technology organizations are the latest to band together and hammer out best practices and standards for AI in care. | The latest provider-tech AI collaboration will build on the groundwork of members' existing AI partnership, the Coalition for Health AI.

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STAT+: Takeda is fourth big company to leave BIO since December

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WASHINGTON — Takeda Pharmaceuticals has left the biotechnology industry’s main lobbying group, the fourth departure of a major member since December, the company confirmed. BIO CEO John Crowley asked WuXi to quit the organization soon thereafter. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: BIO severs ties with WuXi in the face of U.S. government concerns over China

STAT

WASHINGTON — The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, an industry trade group, is cutting ties with Chinese company WuXi in response to increasing U.S. It’s an about-face for a lobbying organization that recently was willing to defend WuXi against attacks, and it’s a sign that the U.S.

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STAT+: Nuclear Regulatory Commission advisers beset by conflicts of interest, report finds

STAT

The report, released on March 26 and conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Office of the Inspector General, identified conflicts of interest involving two members of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI), a group of experts that advises the NRC.

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STAT+: Pfizer plans to depart BIO

STAT

WASHINGTON — Pfizer has decided to leave the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, according to two sources familiar with the decision. The departure is a blow to BIO, which represents members ranging from small biotech startups to massive pharmaceutical companies.