Friday, February 11, 2022: Life Sciences

The Biden administration bought enough of an experimental monoclonal antibody drug from Eli Lilly & Co. to treat 600,000 COVID-19 patients. According to health officials, the treatment to be shipped to states for free if it’s authorized by regulators. The...

Friday, February 11, 2022: Health IT

A new KFF-Epic Research analysis found that telehealth has decreased somewhat from pandemic highs, but current use still represents a much more substantial share of health care than before COVID-19. According to the analysis, 8 percent of all outpatient visits were...

Friday, February 11, 2022: D.C. News

The Senate is expected to officially vote on Robert Califf’s nomination to lead the FDA as early as Tuesday. The planned vote follows a concerted push by the White House in recent weeks to shore up support for Califf, amid growing concerns over the...

Friday, February 11, 2022: D.C. News

President Biden called on the Senate to pass his Build Back Better legislation, which includes provision to reduce prescription drug prices. Biden stated that the package would “bring down the cost for average families” and “will not increase the debt,” which one of...

Thursday, February 10, 2022: D.C. News

House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders announced they have a deal on a “framework” for fiscal year 2022 appropriations. While the Democrats did not mention specific funding levels, Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick J. Leahy said the deal...