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Life sciences researchers, industry and regulators responded to the COVID-19 pandemic not only with urgency but with cooperation, innovative trial designs and new technologies and approaches that could reshape work across the industry – but it will take effort and intention to ensure these changes endure past the crisis, according to experts who joined “The Post-Pandemic Life Sciences Landscape,” a roundtable hosted by SmartBrief.
Decentralized trials, hybrid approaches and remote monitoring were talked about fondly and frequently before the arrival of the coronavirus, though they were infrequently put into practice, said Kristin Schneeman, director of programs at FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, and co-author of the report “Lessons Learned From COVID-19: Are There Silver Linings for Biomedical Innovation?”
federal budget including any federal appropriations for the district. we have been working on it for a while. but eleanor s proposal which has been out there for a while is a relink wishing in our pin of our responsibility and we don t think that s appropriate. but we do think there s merit in her question which says can we give the district of columbia more, as we have been, more autonomy. reporter: it s nowhere near a done deal. the reaction from the locals and business? i was very encouraged by the chairman s statements. the question is, i think, did his proposal go far enough. we would want to make sure that the district had a plan for no loss of service for an extended period of time if, for some reason, no money came from the federal government and we think that s what states would do and we d like to have the district of columbia act as much like a state would do. reporter: well d.c. congresswoman eleanor homes norton has a statement thank isa and wants thi
american 1012, we called a couple times on the land lyon and the commercial line, and no answer. reporter: the american flight and then a united plane from chicago both land safely. pilots using radios to broadcast their positions. the air controller was back minutes later, but today the faa administrator suspended the controller, as the investigation continues, adding, i am personally outraged that this controller did not meet his responsibility. at an airport like reagan, it is really imperative to have two air traffic controllers on duty. reporter: reagan national is just miles to the white house. a stone s throw from the pentagon and capitol. the main airport for members of congress. this employee should be made an example of, and then we need to change procedures to make sure it never happens again. reporter: transportation secretary ray la hood ordered a second controller on reagan s night shift, and has directed the faa to study staffing levels at airports