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10:00 AM EST
Why Does the United States Pay, by Far, the Highest Prices in the World for Prescription Drugs?
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
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WITNESSES:
PANEL 1
Joaquin Duato
Chief Executive Officer
Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, NJ
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Robert Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Merck
Rahway, NJ
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Chris Boerner
Chief Executive Officer
Bristol Myers Squibb
Princeton, NJ
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PANEL 2
Peter Maybarduk, J.D.
Access to Medicines Director
Public Citizen
Washington, DC
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Tahir Amin, LL.B.
Chief Executive Officer
Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge
New York, NY
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Darius Lakdawalla, Ph.D.
Director
Research
University of Southern California Schaeffer Center
Los Angeles, CA
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335420
https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/why-does-the-united-states-pay-by-far-the-highest-prices-in-the-world-for-prescription-drugs
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Pharmaceutical Company CEOs Testify on Prescription Drug Prices
Pharmaceutical CEOs from Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb testifiy on cost of prescription drugs before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533414-1/pharmaceutical-company-ceos-testify-prescription-drug-prices

10:00 AM EST
Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls
Senate Finance Committee
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WITNESSES:
Peter Shen
Head Of Digital & Automation For North America
Siemens Healthineers
Washington, DC
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Mark Sendak, MD, MPP
Co-Lead
Health AI Partnership
Durham, NC
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Michelle M. Mello, JD, Ph.D.
Professor Of Health Policy And Of Law
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
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Ziad Obermeyer, MD
Associate Professor And Blue Cross Of California Distinguished Professor
University of California – Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
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Katherine Baicker, Ph.D.
Provost
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335420
https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/artificial-intelligence-and-health-care-promise-and-pitfalls

10:00 AM EST
Executive Session: FAA Reauthorization Act
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
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The Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2023
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/BF163CA6-12C4-4992-A760-0A7D9378E759
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335440
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2024/2/executive-session-faa-reauthorization-act

10:00 AM EST
Nominations
Senate Judiciary Committee
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NOMINEES:
Amir H. Ali
to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
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Melissa R. DuBose
to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island
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Sunil R. Harjani
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
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Robert J. White
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan
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Jasmine Hyejung Yoon
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335441?
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/02/08/2024/nominations

10:00 AM EST
The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
The White House
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/

10:30 AM EST
Part 1 - International Day of Women and Girls in Science - The Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT), co-organizing and co-sponsoring Member States, UN Agencies and Intergovernmental Organizations are celebrating the 9th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly, taking place on 8 and 9 February 2024 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1iiqz8fbp

10:30 AM EST
The Continued Need for Support to Ukraine: A Conversation with Former President of Poland Lech Walesa
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
https://www.csis.org/events/continued-need-support-ukraine-conversation-former-president-poland-lech-walesa
https://youtube.com/watch?v=c3E30zt_-uo
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