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Can the Tropical PRV Have Its Moment (Again?) – Not all Priority Review Vouchers are Created Alike: What the Potential Loss of the Rare Pediatric PRV Could Mean for the Tropical Disease PRV Program

FDA Law Blog

As our readers may already know, FDA maintained three PRV programs to incentivize the development of therapies for underfunded diseases: the RPD PRV program, which sunset last month, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) PRV Program, which sunset in October 2023, and the Tropical Disease PRV Program. See Table 1.

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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

PEMBlog

The episode emphasizes thoughtful, individualized care in the context of rising vaccine hesitancy and declining immunization rates. Changing epidemiology of outpatient bacteremia in 3- to 36-month-old children after the introduction of the heptavalent-conjugated pneumococcal vaccine. Immunized means that you have no vaccines.