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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

Like the Open COVID Pledge before it, Moderna’s pledge expressly states that it is valid only “ while the pandemic continues. Moderna remains willing to license its technology for COVID-19 vaccines to manufacturers in these countries on commercially reasonable terms” (emphasis added). Pfizer made such a vaccine.

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COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach

Bill of Health

Physical products like vaccines do not neatly fit this definition. As we have seen, due to vaccine nationalism , vaccine supplies purchased by one mean they are unavailable to others. However, IP is different; it cannot be used up the way vaccines can. Countries could use existing laws to mandate knowledge sharing.

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Skilled Nursing Update: CMS Adds New F Tag and Survey Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Regulations – REVISED

Hall Render

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff.

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Can Employers Ask for Proof of Vaccination?

Total HIPAA

Can an employer require that employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination? The EEOC has stated that employers may encourage or require COVID-19 vaccinations if their policies comply with the ADA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and other relevant state and federal workplace laws.¹.

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Should You Consider Offering Cheaper Health Plan Coverage in 2022 for Vaccinated Employees?

Health Law RX

Depending on the overall tone and messaging strategy related to employee vaccinations, it is likely that a company may prefer one over the other. The shift in rhetoric may be more palatable to decisionmakers and employees alike.

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Targeted analytics help Canadian healthcare groups combat homelessness, boost SDOH

Healthcare It News

"Since most Ontarians receive healthcare services under the single-payer, provincially funded Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), we can use administrative data, including homelessness definitions within this data, to create cohorts of people who have recently experienced homelessness," he explained.

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FTC Approves Final Rule Banning Nearly All Non-Competes

Hall Render

Similar legal challenges were successfully pursued in federal court to undermine OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate rule in 2021, with one district court issuing a nationwide injunction that blocked the rule from taking effect. Who Qualifies as a Senior Executive?