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
Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether theyre there in person or remote. As long as you have your web ex set to acti
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
Their platforms to help fight for social and racial equality. Well catch up with members of the Players Coalition who have spent years successfully lobbying lawmakers to enact reforms, ranging from voting rihts to juvenile detention. And inside jobs. On this unofficial last weekend of summer, well explore how many are falling back into a bit of normalcy. From states opening Indoor Dining to schools overseas and the workplace of the future. See how designers and scientists are helping figure out our return to work. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Lets just try and get through this one weekend and social distance, wash your hands, and were rounding the turn. Reporter a key model is forecasting there will be 410,000 coronavirus deaths in the u. S. By january. I keep saying over and over again weve got to be very careful, particularly as we enter this Holiday Weekend. Reporter the president is suggesting that former chief of staff jo
But stronger than expected bottom line results. Those earnings really driving disney higher. Its up 4. 5 on news that disney is bracing its direct relationship with consumers announcing it will show mulan to subscribers on september 4th this is a dramatic change to disneys distribution model. It is sending theater chain stocks lower its building on a bright spot in the quarter which is doisney plus topping 60 million subscribers. Disney now has in total over 100 million subscribers across its direct to consumer businesses. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, weve managed to take deliberate and innovative steps in letting our businesses. At the same time weve also been very focused in advancing and growing our direct to consumer business, which we see as a top priority and key to the future of our company the impact of covid was felt deeply, particularly at disneys park division. The company says it experienced a 3. 5 billion net adverse impact in segment operating income due to cov