a bipartisan group in parliament recently reintroduced $6 billion pasteur methoda Netflix-like subscription model that acts as a financial incentive for research and development by pharmaceutical companies The bill may address drug shortages, but its primary purpose is to combat the global threat of drug-resistant pathogens That is.
David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, a trade group of public health organizations, said the prevalence of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea. everyone is on the rise “One of the reasons for this is that the public health situation has become dangerously thin, resulting in a lack of prevention, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.”
They criticized Pfizer’s inadequate drug production, given decades of rising syphilis infections. But Pfizer spokesman Dennehy said the company invested $38 million in a Michigan plant to improve production after a shortage of bicilin in 2017.
Harvey also accused the Biden administration of agreeing to a debt ceiling deal that would cut $400 million from the CDC’s budget for STD prevention.
To expand the supply of Vicilin, the CDC It is recommended Physicians should prioritize pregnant patients and infected or exposed infants. Other patients should be prescribed doxycycline instead for her 2-4 weeks, depending on the stage of the disease. However, experts have expressed concern that such people, including pregnant women’s partners, may find it difficult to maintain twice-daily tablet dosing, compromising its effectiveness.
Eric Tichy, director of supply chain management at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said manufacturing vicillin is so complex and expensive that Pfizer could go it alone to manufacture it for the U.S. market. said to be high.
But other experts objected to Pfizer’s pricing practices. “It’s a classic example of why leaving public health to the free market can have disastrous consequences,” said Tim Horn, director of access to medicines for the advocacy group National and Territory AIDS Director’s Coalition. said in an email.
