Biosecurity Briefing: According to a Bloomberg report on October 17, 2008, the World Bank estimates that a flu pandemic could cost the global economy more than $3 trillion and could result in the deaths of 71 million worldwide.
Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:15:44 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-10-27-worldbankpancost3trillion.html
Biosecurity Briefing: CIDRAP News reported that Solvay Pharmaceuticals has cancelled plans to build a $386 million influenza vaccine manufacturing in either Athens, Georgia, or Birmingham, Alabama.
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:28:43 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-10-20-solvaycancelsfluvacplant.html
Biosecurity Briefing: On September 23, 2008, American Health Information Community (AHIC) Successor, Inc. announced the appointment of 15 individuals from the healthcare and information technology communities to serve on its board of directors.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:50:22 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/business_biosecurity/2008-10-06-ahicsuccessorgrp.html
Biosecurity Briefing: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events released a workshop summary entitled "Dispensing Medical Countermeasures for Public Health Emergencies."
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:59:31 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-08-25-iomsumwkshpdispnsmedcntr.html
Biosecurity Briefing: Roche U.S.A. announced the introduction of a flexible program to allow U.S. businesses to purchase and maintain access to their own stockpiles of the antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for use during an influenza pandemic.
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:53:16 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-06-27-mkrtamifluprogcorpstock.html
Biosecurity Briefing: The State of Georgia recently passed the Corporate Good Samaritan Act, providing additional liability protection to businesses and nonprofit organizations when they perform "Good Samaritan" acts in times of emergency or crisis.
Fri, 23 May 2008 19:25:33 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/business_biosecurity/2008-05-23-stategoodsamlaw.html
Biosecurity Briefing: The Institute of Medicine convened the "Workshop on Medical Countermeasures Dispensing." The meeting focused largely on business sector involvement in and solutions for countermeasures distribution.
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:21:33 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-03-14-iomwrkshpmedcntrdispense.html
Biosecurity Briefing: A study of the CDC MedKit concept demonstrated that pre-positioning caches of antibiotics in individual households could be an effective strategy to ensure public has access to medical countermeasures after a release of anthrax.
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:14:59 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-03-14-medkitscntrdiststrategy.html
