COVID-19 is, quite literally, putting the medical supply industry to the test. Manufacturers are being pushed to develop novel products like therapies and vaccines to combat the disease as quickly as ...

America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will require widespread coordination between the public and private sectors. There is a pressing need for more testing kits and test sites, new treatment ...

A host of lawsuits over the past two years involve nursing homes where patients or their estates allege that patients contracted COVID-19 due to the facilities’ negligence or failure to properly act.

In times of epidemics and pandemics, like COVID-19, the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act aims to expedite the manufacture, distribution, and use of medical devices and ...

After the post-9/11 anthrax attacks and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, 42 U.S.C. §§247d-6d, 247d-6e, was enacted to ...

June 16, 2021 - The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) permits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue a PREP Act declaration. A PREP Act ...