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Liability for COVID-19 Vaccine Harms: We Need to Do Better

Bill of Health

COVID-19 vaccines are extremely safe , and serious harms are rare. But rare does not mean the risk is zero; thus, we need a way to determine which people have plausible claims of harm from the vaccines, and we must then compensate them quickly and generously. By Dorit Reiss. Nevertheless, rare injuries do happen.

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Remember the Babies: The Need for Off-Label Pediatric Use of COVID-19 Vaccines

Bill of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is failing parents by preventing off-label use of our existing COVID-19 vaccines in the under-five set. The CDC, through its vaccine provider agreements, prevents physicians and parents from pursuing off-label use of COVID-19 vaccinations in young children.

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What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

Bill of Health

In June 2022, after almost two years of debate over a potential COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, the World Trade Organization adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (“WTO Decision”), which provided for a partial waiver of intellectual property rights. By Sarah Gabriele. appeared first on Bill of Health.

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Georgia's COVID-19 vaccination efforts boosted by scalable reg and booking tools

Healthcare It News

Prior to the pandemic there were no platforms designed for mass patient registration, complex scheduling and communication, let alone platforms that managed all the specific information required for COVID-19 vaccinations, said Jonathan Golden, Georgia deputy area director of CORE. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues

Bill of Health

government committed more than one billion dollars to Moderna for development of its COVID-19 vaccines. Moderna has since made over $30 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales. The post COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? Indeed, as made public, the U.S.

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Pfizer forecasts $100B in sales, fueled by COVID-19 vaccine, pill

Healthcare Dive

The company estimated revenue from its COVID-19 vaccine and new antiviral pill Paxlovid will total $54 billion this year.

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Funds for free COVID-19 vaccines could run out as early as January, HHS says

Healthcare Dive

The commercial market for COVID-19 vaccinations could be similar to that for seasonal flu shots and other vaccines, the department said.