A Georgetown global health law expert and a medical student propose three steps to improve access to diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines during public health crises. The measures include expanding regulatory coordination, leveraging regional and multilateral development banks, and promoting regulatory flexibility in pandemic agreements. They argue this would reduce the reliance on a select group of national regulatory authorities and address bottlenecks seen in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity
Witnesses at a House hearing on medical device cybersecurity highlighted the need for better tracking of devices and their vulnerability to cyber threats. They noted
