Industrial Opioid Disaster – First Supermarket Charged. Department of Justice Files Nationwide Lawsuit Against Walmart Inc. for Controlled Substances Act Violations
Green Cross Strong news - Washington, DC: US Department of Justice reports Complaint Alleges Company Unlawfully Dispensed and Distributed Prescription Opioids. In a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice has alleged that Walmart Inc. unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated across the country and unlawfully distributed controlled substances to those pharmacies throughout the height of the prescription opioid ; The complaint…
Coronavirus Pandemic – U.S. Government Purchases 150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests
Green Cross Strong news - Washington, DC: The White House reports Today, the Trump Administration is pleased to announce the purchase and production of 150 million rapid tests to be distributed across the ; In March, President Donald J. Trump called for the development of a low cost, reliable point-of-care ; To deliver on this promise, the Administration has partnered with Abbott Laboratories to produce inexpensive and…
Coronavirus Pandemic – PFIZER AND BIONTECH CHOOSE LEAD MRNA VACCINE CANDIDATE AGAINST COVID-19 AND COMMENCE PIVOTAL PHASE 2/3 GLOBAL STUDY
Green Cross Strong news - New York, NY: Pfizer Inc. reports Companies advance nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate BNT162b2, which encodes an optimized SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike glycoprotein, at a 30µg dose level in a 2 dose regimen into Phase 2/3 StudyCandidate and dose level selection informed by preclinical and clinical data obtained in Phase 1/2 studies conducted in the (C4591001) and Germany (BNT162-01) The Phase 2/3…
Coronavirus Pandemic – PFIZER AND BIONTECH ANNOUNCE AN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR UP TO 600 MILLION DOSES OF MRNA-BASED VACCINE CANDIDATE AGAINST SARS-COV-2
Green Cross Strong news - New York, NY: Pfizer Inc. reports government placed an initial order of 100 million doses for $ billion and can acquire up to 500 million additional doses. Americans to receive the vaccine for free consistent with government’s commitment for free access for COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer and BioNTech remain on track to begin an anticipated Phase 2b/3 safety and efficacy trial…
President Donald J. Trump Is Taking Action to Lower Drug Costs and Ensure That Americans Have Access to Life-saving Medications
Green Cross Strong news - Washington, DC: The White House reports " Since the day I took office, I have made reducing drug prices one of my highest priorities. " President Donald J. Trump. EXPANDING ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING DRUGS: President Donald J. Trump is taking action to greatly improve the affordability and accessibility of life-saving prescription drugs. President Trump signed four Executive Orders to massively…
Access to Affordable Life-saving Medications
Green Cross Strong news - Washington, DC: The White House reports Executive Order by The President. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section ; ; Insulin is a critical and life-saving medication that approximately 8 million Americans rely on to manage diabetes. Likewise, injectable epinephrine is a life‑saving medication used to…
Scientists develop new medical cannabis cultivars that show promise in combating COVID-19 virus
Green Cross Strong news - Lethbridge, Alberta Canada: University of Lethbridge reports In partnership with the University of Lethbridge, Pathway RX, a research company focused on developing custom cannabis therapies, and Swysh, a company focused on cannabinoid research and development, have found that specific Cannabis sativa extracts show promise as an additional treatment for COVID-19. “While our most successful extracts require further validation in a large-scale…
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC DISASTER – CDC NOW RECOMMENDS WEARING A FACE MASK TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 as ASYMPTOMATICS CAN SPREAD DISEASE
US STRONG news – Atlanta, GA: The Center for Disease Control reports Watch video – How to make your own face mask. CDC continues to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States. We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (“asymptomatic”) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (“pre-symptomatic”) can transmit the…