Today, ACI signed a coalition letter calling on the U.S. Congress to encourage the use of lower-priced biosimilar medicines, which would save lives and reduce healthcare costs. The letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate leadership, and it is available here online.
Health
America is at the Forefront of COVID Vaccine Research for a Reason
When global public health authorities first noted cases of COVID-19 outside of China in January 2020, one of the first questions the public began to ask is when will a vaccine be available to treat a virus that, at the time of writing, has infected over 55 million people and killed over 1 million. An […]
Webinar Video: Consequences of the Continued Rhetoric to Ban Vaping
In recent years, several states across the U.S. have implemented and considered various bans on flavored vaping products and e-cigarettes. But what do we know about the unintended consequences of implementing vaping and flavor bans? Is prohibition the answer? To learn more about these concerns and the scientific evidence behind vaping, please watch this webinar […]
Inside Sources: Science, Not Politics, Should Set Nicotine Regulation
When it comes to regulating smoking and nicotine products, people want science — not scaremongering. That’s the finding of a recent survey of more than 19,000 adults in 19 countries released by Philip Morris International (PMI). According to the survey’s findings, people want “science-based” decision-making when governments deal with challenges like ending smoking-related deaths or […]
COVID-19: Mitigating Worker and Consumer Risk
As the country slowly regains its economic footing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, consumers, employees, and their employers are working to develop the ‘new normal’ for essential and re-opened businesses. As part of this process, labor groups, such as the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, are pushing to make temporary pay increases […]
The Big Problem with Price Controls: Scarcity
One of the most pressing problems facing Americans and the U.S. healthcare system is the affordability of prescription drugs. An estimated 58 million Americans face medication insecurity and have “been unable to afford prescribed drugs at least once in the last 12 months.” The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development claimed that per capita, Americans pay $1,220 per year […]
Inside Sources: Don’t Ban Smoke-Free Nicotine Products
When Philip Morris International (PMI) reacted to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a modified risk tobacco product marketing order for its proprietary IQOS heat-not-burn product, it heralded it as a broader public health victory. The FDA confirmed that IQOS eliminates a traditional cigarette’s burning characteristics by heating the tobacco sticks to a vapor aerosol. This product is said […]
San Francisco Needs to Admit it Was Wrong About Vaping
San Francisco cares about your health — so much so that they outright banned the sale of e-cigarettes in 2020. As usual for SF, the ultra-progressive city sought to be a leader in the fight against electronic cigarettes, issuing one of the most stringent measures taken in the U.S. However, a recent study shows that the measure was probably […]
Hill’s Congress Blog: Are Unions Biting the Hand that Feeds Them and Us?
Last week, Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick California Sen. Kamala Harris joined with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) President Marc Perrone to attack grocery retail stores across the country, demanding they reinstate hazard pay for all employees on the frontline – with no regard to the significant economic ramifications that come with such a sweeping […]
Flavor Ban Hurts Smokers Looking for Harm Reduction
By Elizabeth Sheld The public was sold a false bill of goods by “grassroots” anti-vaping activists when they crusaded against e-cigarettes and e-cigarette flavors in front of city councils, state houses and the U.S. Congress throughout 2019. We were told that the seductively delicious flavors of Juuls and other e-cigarettes were luring youngsters to dangerous nicotine […]