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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Illegally Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Under 12

FDA Law Blog

Richardson — On September 24, 2021, the owner of a pharmacy in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to participating in a felony conspiracy to convert government property and to commit health care fraud in connection with the illegal vaccination of minors between the ages of 7 to 11 with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

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In a study published in Nature Communications , led by researchers at National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), scientists used the deepest-ever two-photon calcium imaging in awake mice to directly observe how individual SCN neurons respond to light. The content is provided for information purposes only.

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CMS Publishes Grab Bag of Proposed Changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

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Kirschenbaum — Last Friday, May 26, CMS published in the Federal Register an assortment of proposals to change the regulations governing the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. The preamble provides an example of reporting an incorrect baseline AMP, which reduces the unit rebate amount. Sheldon, v.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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What are the structural factors and individual factors that contribute to homelessness? ” On that grand rounds, you differentiated structural factors from … I forget what the word was, individual- Margot: Individual risk factors. Why do we say “over 50” is “older” for homeless persons, why not 65? Margot: After 50.

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Long-lasting HIV prevention shot headed toward approval

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The company is working with governments and health groups in the U.K. The content is provided for information purposes only. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages. But Gilead says the shot should help expand the overall number of people using PrEP in both the U.S. and abroad.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

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We’ve lived through lockdowns, toilet paper shortages, mask mandates, hospital surges where ICU’s overflowed, a million COVID deaths, prolonged school closures, development and roll out of novel vaccines, an explosion of social isolation and loneliness, and the invention of the “zoom meeting.” . Their vaccines aren’t as effective.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 2)

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This bill, which addresses numerous areas of the economy, public health, and government regulation, includes Subtitle E, Drug Pricing. A manufacturer that failed to provide access to the MFP would be subject to a civil monetary penalty of ten times the excessive price charged. The Part B rebate would exclude vaccines as well.