Thank you for joining me for covid19 and a responsible rx supply chain, a look at the prescription chain during a global pandemic. Id like to thank our sponsor the Health Distribution alliance for support of todays program. The pandemic has upended our lives and forced a new normal upon us. While accommodations can be made for our lifestyle choices theres little likability when it comes to our healthcare. When patients for chronic diseases have access to regular medication it isnt a choice and in some cases its amatter of life and death. Both the Healthcare System and patients have changed their behaviors. As a consequence concerns and fears have arisen surrounding drug availability and shortages. What are stakeholders doing to ensure disruptions do not occur and theres collaboration between the public and private sectors and what plans are being put in place for distribution of this corona vaccine once it becomesavailable . We discuss all of this with some of thesmartest minds in Heal
What plans are put in place for distribution of the Coronavirus Vaccine once it becomes available. We will discuss this and more, a few housekeeping notes, at the hill events, the hashtag, special letters, thehillrx supply chain. We will take question throughout the program and i look forward to those. If you experience trouble live stream refreshing it will work i hope. My first guest is National Health expert and respond to the frontlines and implementation of the Affordable Care act, governor secretary Kathleen Sebelius is the ceo of sibelius resources which provide strategic advice to nonprofits that is my go to person when it comes to issues of knowing what a smart Healthcare System looks like. Let me just ask you, you oversaw many of the institutions we are looking at to save this country whether it is pushing the time curve on developing a vaccine and distributing it or how you approve various dimensions of this therapeutic, what would you say is going well, what would you say h
And patients have changed their behaviors, as a consequence in concerns of drug availability and shortages, what are stakeholders doing to ensure the disruptions do not occur in collaboration between the public and the private sectors, what plans are being put in place for the distribution of this corona vaccine once it becomes available, we will discuss all of this and much more with the smartest minds in health policy, before we get underway he is entered a few housekeeping notes at the hill event and the comes special letters, the hill rx supply chain. Sibelius resources which provides strategic advice to companies, investors and nonprofits and is my go to person when it comes to issues of knowing what a smart Healthcare System looks like. So, great to see you. Let me ask you, to get to the point, you oversaw many of the institutions that we are now looking at today to help save this country whether its pushing the time curb, developing a vaccine, whether its on how you approve the
This is just over one hour. Hello and welcome i am editor at the hill, thank you for joining us for covid19 and a responsible rx supply chain, or Virtual Event looking at the resiliency of the Prescription Drug supply chain during a Global Pandemic. Id like to thank our sponsors the Healthcare Distribution Alliance for their support of todays program, the coronavirus pandemic has upended our lives and forced a new normal upon us, what accommodations can be made for lifestyle choices but little flexible lead to health care, patients with chronic disease and those most at risk from the coronavirus access to regular medication is in the choice and matter of life and death in a pandemic the Healthcare System and patients have changed their behaviors, as a consequence in concerns of drug availability and shortages, what are stakeholders doing to ensure the disruptions do not occur in collaboration between the public and the private sectors, what plans are being put in place for the distribu
On homelandttee security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on examining the National Response to the coronavirus pandemic. Without objection, the chair is optimized to declare [indiscernible] at any point. Today, the committee is meeting to examine our National Response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic. This hearing comes at a critical moment. The number of coronavirus cases is surging, topping 58,000 per day for the first time on july 1, and setting alarming records with new cases over the past weeks. Dr. Anthony fauci recently warned that u. S. Cases could double to 100,000 per day if current outbreaks are not contained, putting the entire country at risk. As infections threaten to spiral out of control, President Trump has downplayed the impact of covid19, calling 99 of cases totally harmless, even as more than 130,000 americans have died, and many more have become seriously ill. Just this week, he falsely claimed the u. S. Coronavirus deat