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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In an Op-Ed about his nascent reform plan that appeared in the Boston Globe in November 2004, Governor Romney proposed applying "carrots and sticks" to persons who could afford private health insurance but had chosen not to purchase it. Governor Mitt Romney signs the Massachusetts health reform bill as Ted Kennedy looks on.

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U.S. effort to fight HIV worldwide has brought lifesaving treatment to millions

Medical Xpress

Since it began in 2004, a global effort led by the United States to combat HIV has dramatically increased the number of people it helps, a new government report shows.

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Get the 4-1-1 on your 1099s: 5th and 7th Circuits Permit Paying Volume-Based Compensation to Independent Sales Agents

FDA Law

Two recent cases from the Fifth and Seventh Circuits, however, support the legality of these arrangements in the absence of the government proving certain circumstances. Mallory , 988 F.3d 3d 730 (4th Cir. The case law on commission-based marketing agentsincluding the Sorensen decisionfollow in a similar vein. Marchetti , 96 F.4th

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FDA’s Issues Draft Guidance on Accelerated Approval: A Substantial Evidentiary and Procedural Overhaul to this High-Profile Pathway

FDA Law

Of note, the 2004 accelerated approval of natalizumab (Tysabri) for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis was based on the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score at one-year; two-year EDSS data were used to verify and describe the clinical benefit for conversion to traditional approval.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. In a 2005 article for Rolling Stone that was later retracted, Kennedy claimed government officials had buried data showing a link between vaccines and autism, The Wall Street Journal said. There has been a lot of monkey business with the VSD,” Kennedy previously told lawmakers.