National Pork Board In a move celebrated by the hog industry, the Trump administration proposed on Monday to put the USDA in charge of regulating genetically engineered livestock and poultry, a duty now performed by the FDA. The Biden administration would make the final decision on the transfer of power since it will take office before the end of the 60-day comment period on the proposal. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the proposal was part of a multiyear modernization of federal oversight of agricultural biotechnology that began in the Obama years. In June 2019, President Trump signed an executive order telling the FDA, USDA, and EPA, which share authority over biotechnology, to update their regulations and, referring to gene-edited crops and livestock, to use their powers “to exempt low-risk products of agricultural biotechnology from undue regulation.”
Monday, December 21, 2020
On September 13, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the “Executive Order”) directing the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to issue regulations instituting two most-favored-nations (“MFN”) payment models – one model for prescription drugs covered by Part B of the Medicare program (in general terms, Medicare Part B covers drugs that are administered by infusion or injection in physician offices and hospital outpatient departments, as well as certain drugs furnished by suppliers), and a second model for prescription drugs covered by Part D of the Medicare program (Medicare Part D covers most medications that are dispensed by local and/or mail-order pharmacies and covered under a Medicare prescription drug plan).
Sobi appoints new Head of North America ahead of launch phase
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi™) (STO:SOBI) has appointed Duane Barnes as the new Head of Sobi in North America. Sobi in North America has gone through significant change over the past few years and has exciting launches both underway and coming up in the years ahead, says Guido Oelkers, CEO and President of Sobi. This is why it is such a pleasure to welcome Duane to Sobi. His experience and background will be invaluable as we continue to build our presence in the US and fulfil our commitment to further expand access to patients.
techUK and the Global Business Community call on EU to Safeguard International Data Flows
techUK and the Global Business Community call on EU to Safeguard International Data Flows
techUK has joined a wide-ranging coalition of industry groups in a call to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Commission to ensure much-needed legal certainty around data flows in and outside of the bloc.
As a recent BusinessEurope-led coalition statement underlines, an unduly restrictive approach to data flows would have a significant effect on European industries and risks damaging the competitiveness and innovative capability of the EU’s digital economy. In their current form, the draft Recommendations would mean that a very large number of existing business functions carried out by EEA and non-EEA based companies would either no longer be permitted or extremely risky to carry out. This approach, coupled with the unrealistic regulatory burden placed on smaller firms, risk