President Joe Biden's $3 billion pandemic rescue package includes $80 million in funding for to strengthen the US's public health IT and data science capabilities.
The Biden Administration has said it will allocate $3 billion of its pandemic rescue plan to the development of a new generation of antiviral therapies for COVID-19, as well as future viral
The US government will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that will be given to around 100 countries via the COVAX donation programme over the next two years
The change of administration in the US has also seen a new leader at the FDA, with Dr Janet Woodcock appointed as interim commissioner by president Joe Biden’s new team.
President Joe Biden looks likely to ditch the previous administration’s move to create a quicker route to market for digital health products and other devices following the pandemic emergen
Agency veteran Dr Janet Woodcock is the new interim FDA commissioner appointed by president Joe Biden to replace outgoing Trump appointee Stephen Hahn.