In this episode of the "The Top Line," Fierce’s Anastassia Gliadkovskaya talks with Autumn Ehnow, vice president of Medicines360, a nonprofit pharma with a mission to produce and sell affordable medications. They talk about the need to democratize access to medications like emergency contraception, particularly for women. We also cover Elizabeth Holmes, the state of Alzheimer's research, plus more headlines. 

To learn more about the topics in this episode: 

• Startup Curae Pharma360 partners with Direct Relief to distribute free contraceptives to safety-net clinics
• CMS proposes rules to expand access to contraception under ACA
• HHS warns retail pharmacies to not curb access to birth control, abortion pill prescriptions
• Hunt for new non-hormonal birth control sends scientists under the sea
• FDA can't solve drug shortages on its own, agency's oncology chief says
• Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes reports to Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence
• The Alzheimer's pipeline is as strong as ever. Now, we just need the patients
• Small biotech turns CRISPR against bacteria, reducing E. coli in small early study

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