In this episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome Akin Gump Geneva senior policy advisor Jan Walter, who discusses the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, or TRIPS, waiver issue.

Among the topics:

· The TRIPS waiver—what it does and doesn't do.

· IP rights, vaccine development, and China's role.

· How effective are international coordinating mechanisms?

· TRIPS waivers beyond pandemics.

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In this episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome Kyle Zebley of the American Telemedicine Association.

Among the topics:

· The state of telehealth today.

· Medicare and telemedicine.

· Telehealth legislation currently in Congress.

· Telehealth and the public health emergency.

· CMS and telehealth fraud prevention.

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In this episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome Michael Hund of EB Research Partnership.

Among the topics:

· The severe challenges of the disease EB, or epidermolysis bullosa.

· The venture philanthropy model of funding research into rare diseases.

· Leading technologies in treating EB and other genetic diseases.

· Research fundraising via the federal government.

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In this episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome Dr. Kevin Gardner of the Univ. of Louisville and Dr. Gene Migliaccio of The George Washington University.

Among the topics covered:

· The role of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratories network.

· Wastewater surveillance to track viral activity.

· The work of the U.S. Public Health Service.

· The USPHS Commissioned Corps and the 2014 Ebola epidemic.

· The U.S. and the World Health Organization.

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In this episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome Dr. Michael Mina, chief science officer for eMed, a digital point-of-care platform.

Among the topics covered:

· The Omicron variant and prospects for 2022.

· The future of COVID testing.

· Biden-Harris administration plans regarding testing.

· Rapid tests and reporting.

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This episode of OnAir: Health Care is the first in a series on the opioid epidemic in the U.S. Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome Gary Mendell, founder and CEO of Shatterproof, which is working to change addiction treatment.

Among the topics covered:

· Collaborative care in addiction treatment.

· Teaching medical students about addiction.

· Standardizing treatment for addiction.

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In this new episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome Akin Gump public law and policy partner Clete Willems and Centrient Pharmaceuticals chief legal and compliance officer Jim DeYonker.

Among the topics covered:

· The TRIPS waiver and vaccines.

· Global supply chains.

· Onshoring drug manufacturing.

· Enforcing IP outside the U.S..

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In this new episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome House Ways and Means Committee health counsel Orriel Richardson and National Minority Quality Forum CEO Dr. Gary Puckrein.

Among the topics covered:

· Health equity – the view from Capitol Hill and beyond.

· CMS update.

· Race and health disparities.

· Health care costs.

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In this new episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome public law and policy partners Ed Pagano and Clete Willems to talk federal health care policy and legislation.

Among the topics covered:

· What is infrastructure, and how are votes lining up in Congress?

· COVID variants, new CDC guidelines on travel, and more.

· IP protections for vaccines.

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In this debut episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome partner Kelly Cleary to discuss health policy, medical science and Washington politics.

Among the topics covered:

· The science behind CDC guidance.

· HHS appointments: the state of play.

· The Biden-Harris administration and the Affordable Care Act.

· Medicaid and drug pricing policies.

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