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In August 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The sprawling legislation includes a number of Democratic signature initiatives, including several provisions impacting Medicare drug pricing […]

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Originally written by Alfred Lubrano and published by The Philadelphia Inquirer on 09/25/2023. The Community Grocer, expected to open in Cobbs Creek in 10 months, is a creative disruption of […]

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Originally written by Brigid Kennedy and published by The Week on 09/25/23. Let us paint you a picture: It’s 6 p.m. on a weeknight. You’re tired from a day at […]

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Over the weekend, Congress barely averted a looming government shutdown. On Saturday, September 30, 2023, just hours before the government was set to shut down without a congressional budget, Congress […]

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Food systems worldwide are facing a dual crisis: one-third of the world’s food goes to waste while upwards of 820 million people face food insecurity. Food redistribution is an effective remediation tool […]

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Members of Congress today introduced the NO TIME TO Waste Act to address the issue of food loss and waste in the United States through a variety of measures. With […]

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Originally written by Tim Paradis and published by Business Insider on 09/10/2023. Danielle Melgar is working with the caterer for her wedding to make sure that between the “I do’s” […]

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Originally written by Jessica Rendall and published by CNET on 08/29/2023. This summer, the US Food and Drug Administration made two decisions that reflect a demand for more access to […]

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Originally written by Ian Lopez and published by Bloomberg Law on 08/17/2023 Major drugmakers have tailored a legal crusade against the Biden administration’s drug price negotiation program that legal scholars […]

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In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a national goal of cutting food loss and waste 50% by the year 2030. In terms […]

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In September 2023, the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic welcomed Beatrice La Porta as a visiting scholar from the University of Palermo in Italy, where she is […]

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CHLPI’s Health Law and Policy Clinic is pleased to welcome two new Clinical Fellows to the team, Anu Dairkee and Sara Raza! Anu DairkeeClinical Fellow, Health Law and Policy Clinicudairkee@law.harvard.ed […]

Anu Dairkee on the left and Sara Raza on the right

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