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Regeneron agrees to White House price limits on anti-Covid drug

A groundbreaking clause in a new deal between the Department of Health and Human Services and the pharmaceutical company Regeneron marks the first time the Biden administration has directly used its leverage to challenge drugmakers’ list prices, experts told STAT.

The contract between Regeneron and the government requires that the list price for a future monoclonal antibody drug to prevent Covid-19 is the same or lower in the United States as in other high-income countries. The release doesn’t explain which countries the government will be comparing prices with, or how pricing data will be determined…

Source: Regeneron agrees to White House price limits on anti-Covid drug

Nigerians are building earthquake-proof homes from plastic bottles

Nigerians are building earthquake-proof homes from plastic bottles and it could be a game-changer

The bottles are filled with sand and the bottom of the bottle is kept facing outside, giving a unique look to the wall. They are used as “bricks” and laid on top of each other and held together by mud. While houses in most places around the world are traditionally built in a square shape, it’s common for homes in Nigeria to be built in a circular fashion. The homes using the “bottle trick” method are also built circularly, keeping them in style with the other homes in the region. While the homes are beautifully designed, the idea is to preserve the environment by repurposing plastic. The homes being built usually come with a bedroom, living room, bathroom, toilet, and kitchen. Each structure is believed to require at least 7,800 plastic bottles. Companies have already built 25 structures using plastic bottles and they’re expected to become very popular among the environmentally conscious. The companies said they first lay a concrete foundation, before building walls using plastic bottles and sand… Source: Nigerians are building earthquake-proof homes from plastic bottles

EU steps in to boost Amazon rainforest protection plan | Reuters

Team Europe, which includes EU members states and institutions such as the European Investment Bank, will coordinate 260 million euros ($277 million) already pledged by Spain, Italy, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands to curb deforestation in the Amazon. Source: EU steps in to boost Amazon rainforest protection plan | Reuters

New footage: Lauren Boebert vapes before ejection from ‘Beetlejuice’ musical

Chris Hayes: “I hate to have to deliver this news but it appears that Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado has not been honest with us. Not with the American people, not with her constituents in Colorado. She has lied about what happened to get her ejected from a recent performance of ‘Beetlejuice, The Musical.’”
— Read on www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/new-footage-lauren-boebert-vapes-before-ejection-from-beetlejuice-musical-193092677775