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TODAY ON THE BLOG

PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Challenging Patents To Promote Timely Generic Drug Entry: The Second Look Act And Other Options
By Liam Bendicksen, Jonathan Darrow, and Aaron Kesselheim

One important means of addressing rising prescription drug expenditures is to facilitate the market entry of generic drugs after reasonable exclusivity periods for brand-name drugs. The latest proposal to encourage timely generic entry is a bill in Congress intended to help efficiently screen out improperly issued drug patents. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

COMMENTARY: THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

Practice And Policy Reset Post-COVID-19: Reversion, Transition, Or Transformation?
By Christine Sinsky and Mark Linzer  

Christine Sinsky and Mark Linzer describe three areas—clinical workflows, measurement and monitoring, and technology—where the response to COVID-19 reduced administrative burdens associated with practicing medicine. This paper appears in an ongoing Health Affairs article series, The Practice of Medicine, which is supported by The Physicians Foundation. Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK—Trauma In The Healer

As health professionals step up to heal and care for those infected with COVID-19, Mary C. Vance's 2019 article, "Recognizing Trauma In The Healer," comes into a new light of relevancy: In a pandemic how does trauma impact those who make up the backbone of our care system?
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