<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Recent Developments - Business and Biosecurity]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/</link><description><![CDATA[Articles written by Center staff relating to business and biosecurity.]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2009. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[webmaster@upmc-biosecurity.org]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[webmaster@upmc-biosecurity.org]]></webmaster><lastBuildDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:32:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v4.1</generator><item><title><![CDATA[World Bank Estimates Pandemic Would Cost the World $3 Trillion in Economic Losses (10-27-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-10-27-worldbankpancost3trillion.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-10-27-worldbankpancost3trillion.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:15:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solvay Cancels Plans for U.S. Flu Vaccine Plant (10-20-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-10-20-solvaycancelsfluvacplant.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-10-20-solvaycancelsfluvacplant.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:28:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AHIC Successor Group Established, Board of Directors Appointed (10-06-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/business_biosecurity/2008-10-06-ahicsuccessorgrp.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/business_biosecurity/2008-10-06-ahicsuccessorgrp.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:50:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maker of Tamiflu Announces Program to Encourage Corporate Stockpiling of Antivirals (06-27-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-06-27-mkrtamifluprogcorpstock.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/2008/2008-06-27-mkrtamifluprogcorpstock.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:53:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Enacts Good Samaritan Law for Businesses Assisting in Emergencies (05-23-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/business_biosecurity/2008-05-23-stategoodsamlaw.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/business_biosecurity/2008-05-23-stategoodsamlaw.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 19:25:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IOM Hosts Workshop on Strategies to Improve Medical Countermeasure Dispensing (03-14-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-03-14-iomwrkshpmedcntrdispense.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-03-14-iomwrkshpmedcntrdispense.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:21:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: MedKits Show Promise as a Countermeasure Distribution Strategy (03-14-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-03-14-medkitscntrdiststrategy.html</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-03-14-medkitscntrdiststrategy.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:14:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten Notable Publications of 2007 (01-10-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2008/01_January_2008/cbnreport_01102008.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ten notable publications of 2007 from Center for Biosecurity of UPMC.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2008/01_January_2008/cbnreport_01102008.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:08:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New System Promises Access to Prescription Information in a Disaster (04-26-2007)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2007/04_April_2007/cbnreport_04262007.html</link><description><![CDATA[CBN Report: Descriptions of new internet-based service, Emergency RxHistory, that will provide prescribers and pharmacists access to the medication histories of patients displaced by a disaster from any internet connection.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2007/04_April_2007/cbnreport_04262007.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:51:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
