Chief scientist of the food and Drug Administration serving from 20092014. Oodman, good morning. As you talk about your work chief scientist and how it relates to the fdas role with finding a vaccine . The science of vaccines is very complex. They are complex the study. On thentry relies experts at the fda to ensure that any vaccine that goes into clinical studies and oversees the Development Process and ultimately the approval process. Have such ane amazing reduction in childhood illness. Approved, itey are is monitoring their safety. To particular scientists work directly with the companies or is it a team effort . How does that work . There is an office called the office of Vaccine Research and there are experts on a whole range of issues from their chemistry, their manufacturing, their trials. There are different scientific disciplines that interacted the process, but at the end, it is completely independent. Host when it comes to you personally, just to care five to out just to cl
Debate managed by part of the ways and Means Committee. Might consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts. Mr. Neal im pleased to join with the speaker and other Committee Chairs to have introduced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care enhancement act and welcome consideration of the measure in the house today. Hearing the former chairman of the Energy Committee a few minutes ago, decent guy, he said that there was room for bipartisanship. In the health care debate. I mean, ive been here for a long time. Where was the bipartisanship, and im going to submit something republicans in all the years i have been in this house they have not agreed amongst themselves on health care, never mind agreing with democrats on health care. So for years, weve worked to expand access. Thats what this argument about is about today. We want to make sure that Affordable Health care exists for the American Family and to build on the coverage gains of the Affordable Care act. The c
And allowing the government to negotiate medication Prescription Drug prices. And for residents and homers to stay in their homes during the pandemic. Live coverage of the house. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, thank you for giving us another day. Those who omfort suffer from coronavirus. Healing. Bless and comfort those who mourn the loss of loved ones in wake of covid19. Psalmist, we turn to you. Have mercy upon us, o god, for treated harshly. Harshly all t us the day. Attackers. Re our almost high when we are afraid place our trust. We praise the word of god. Not fear. N god and do all the day our enemies foil our plans. Their every thought is of evil against us. Lie in wait for our lives. Our threats are many, o god. Unrest in Police Reform, aggressive russian and policies, a struggling economy. Our time of need. Bless the peoples house and may that is done be for your amen. R honor a
I thought this happened. Good afternoon everybody i want to welcome everyone to the finance Committee Oversight hearing the fda foreign drug manufacturing inspection process. And the taxpayers whether medicare or medicaid and second and the jurisdiction under trade with the responsibility that only Quality Pharmaceuticals that responsibility is heightened now that we are living through the covid pandemic whether were in the midst of a pandemic the supplychain and starting june of last year on this issue to secretary as are in the commissioner. I ask a series of questions related to manufacturing facilities overseas to file dosages for drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients and throughout the day also with the fda managing its inspection regime that says the fda does conduct some unannounced inspections on the frequency but the gao and 2019 that they estimated they generally provided 12 weeks of notice before the inspection for them to do their jobs and 12 weeks common sense tells me ther
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