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We’re already forgetting what 2020 was like
Media coverage of our event, Five Years Later: A Book Talk on the Events of 2020. Written by Anna Lamb for The Harvard Gazette.
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Hims? Hers? It’s Novo Nordisk’s Semaglutide Market Now
Between Feb. 19-26, shares for the telehealth company Hims & Hers Health, Inc. plummeted. The reason for the sudden drop in its stock price? An FDA announcement that semaglutide injection products, the GLP-1 medication in the blockbuster drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, are no longer in shortage.
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When Clinical Trials Meet Patents: Finding Balance in Law
Transparency rules in clinical trials attempt to strike a balance between ensuring essential safety and efficacy data reaches the public, and preserving truly proprietary information that fosters innovation.
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Decoding Front-of-Package Food Labels: Are They Really Telling Us What’s Healthy?
How do we know what is healthy? Given the link between healthy eating patterns and diet-related diseases, consumers need accurate information to make informed choices about which foods they should purchase.
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Mind over Machine: Navigating the Legal and Ethical Frontier of Neurotech
Picture a world where a patient suffering from a debilitating neurological disorder receives not only a diagnosis but also a bespoke brain implant designed to restore lost function.

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Fireside Chat: I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
Professor Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School interviews Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Senior Academic Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center. They discuss Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.