Different wales is already a week into a much stricter to be cloaked and while Northern Ireland is half way through months long restrictionists scotland this week saw the introduction of a 5 regionally based system today we asked to Public Health experts whether these measures contain the virus across the u. K. While the world awaits a vaccine professor harvey burns a former chief medical officer of scotland is a new president of the British Medical Association he is in a unique position to assess and assesses whether the virus can be brought back under control through these tight or Public Health restrictions dr baird and coming out of extra medical school has over 20 Years Experience in Communicable Disease control and infectious Disease Controlling this he worked as a consultant and Communicable Disease control for local authorities arent Public Health and the agency which is though being bullied inspired you kick up ministers for the failure of taste in trees alex will be in conver
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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
Oall the urgency to have a safe and effective vaccine available and with those being developed with socalled warp speed interest and understanding the E Development process has never been greater. Weve got the experts both inside and out to help us do that. Let me briefly introduce our speakers today. The 24th commissioner of the food and Drug Administration and clinician having trained in both medical oncology and radiation oncology. Prior to joining he served as the chief medical executive is the university of texas and the anderson cancer center. Before that he chaired the department oncology at the university of Pennsylvania School of medicine. Twentyfirst commissioner of the fda before that founding Vice President and Senior Scientist at the Nuclear Threats initiative, a foundation dedicated to reducing Nuclear Chemical and biological threats. More recently the foreign secretary for the president and board chair of the association for the advancement of science. For the oped at th
Covid19 vaccine available and with those vaccines developed at socalled warp speed interest in understanding the process has never been greater. The fda inside and out, they have to do that. Let me briefly introduce our incredible speakers today. Dr. Stephen hahn is the 20 fourth administer of the fda, having trained in medical oncology and radiation oncology, prior to joining the fda served as chief medical executive at the university of texas cancer center. Before that he chaired the permit of radiation oncology at the university, and the alma mater. And the commission of the fda, before that was founding Vice President and Senior Scientist at the Nuclear Threat initiative, foundation dedicated to biological threats. Recently dr. Margaret hamburg was foreign secretary, at the American Association for advancement of science. She completed her services at the organization. Commissioners dr. Margaret hamburg and dr. Stephen hahn will be talking to clifton leaf who was guest editor of th