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On September 13, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it added the first vaccine against monkeypox (mpox) to its prequalification list. The vaccine, MVA-BN, is manufactured by Bavarian Nordic A/S....more
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released its 2025-2029 Priority List for evaluation in April of this year, see Advisory Group Recommendations on Priorities for the IARC Monographs, The Lancet Oncology...more
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that it will be evaluating “automotive gasoline and some oxygenated additives” between February and March 2025 per IARC Monographs – Volume 138. The additives...more
Bayer and Monsanto are currently facing about 54,000 lawsuits filed by consumers who were exposed to the weedkiller Roundup (glyphosate), according to recent court documents....more
During the first two years of the Biden Administration, U.S. Congress appropriated significant amounts of funding outside the regular annual process for several major multiyear initiatives. Major examples include the...more
For centuries, humans have sought ways to protect from deadly diseases. The practice of intentionally exposing healthy people to smallpox, a practice known as variolation, likely began as early as 200 BCE. ...more
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Jan. 4, 2023, released a statement that there is no "safe" level of alcohol consumption that does not affect health.1 In collaboration with international partners, the WHO spearheaded...more
AI is here to stay. The development and use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is rapidly growing in the healthcare landscape with no signs of slowing down. From a governmental perspective, many federal agencies are embracing...more
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published “Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health: Guidance on large multi-modal models” (LMMs), which is designed to provide “guidance to assist Member States...more
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released guidelines for the ethics and governance of large multi-modal models (LMMs). In the past year, LMMs like Chat GPT have come to the forefront of the news, and people have...more
International Geneva – A global governance ecosystem of over 40 international organizations, 178 country representations and 700+ non-governmental organizations....more
U.K.'s Competition Authority Sees Red on Unilever "Green" Claims, Launches Investigation - Consumer goods giant Unilever seeks to "mak[e] sustainable living commonplace." Now those aspirations are under review as the...more
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
After enactment of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, which established three regulatory classes for medical devices, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been required to classify all medical devices into Class I,...more
On January 4, the USPTO announced the appointment of new leaders for the agency’s policy and communications teams. Sharon Israel will serve as the Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, and Jack...more
PFAS defendants can use the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC’s) recent statement on the carcinogenicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in support of causation and...more
The World Health Organization ("WHO") published key principles for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) for health on 19 October 2023. The document, titled ‘Regulatory Considerations on Artificial Intelligence for Health’...more
As the tug of war between governmental agencies and the scientific community rages on concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the American Chemistry Council (ACC) has weighed in with a critique of the...more
At a global level, the decarbonization of the health care sector has been coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) COP26 Health Programme, launched at the COP26 climate summit in November 2021. Under this program,...more
On July 14, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a summary of two findings regarding aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in many consumer products. One finding categorized aspartame as “possibly...more
On June 29, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the widely used artificial sweetener, aspartame, is set to be declared as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) longstanding policy strongly favored manual representation elections. With the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset, the Board began permitting mail-ballot elections under the “extraordinary...more
On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization declared an end to the global health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as COVID-19. While the emergency has, in many ways, waned, the virus and the need for COVID-19...more
The U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end on May 11, 2023, one week after the World Health Organization determined that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern....more