AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoAI in Care: Utah has authorized a pilot allowing an app to issue initial acne prescriptions to adults after an online intake and face scan, testing whether AI can expand access while raising questions about clinical oversight. Medicine Access: India donated more than 1.5 million anti-TB tablets to Sri Lanka. At Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, a pharmacy manager told the Public Protector that about half of patients are turned away without medicines, including people needing cardiac, HIV and cancer treatment. Drug Industry Oversight: India’s Supreme Court directed the government to form a committee to consider statutory rules against pharmaceutical companies offering gifts and other benefits to doctors. Health Workforce: Nurses held lunchtime protests at 10 Irish hospitals over pay and staffing, ahead of planned public-sector stoppages. Supply Chains: After its Sumy plant in Ukraine was destroyed, drugmaker Kusum said it is shifting production to India to help maintain medicine supplies.
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