Joe Biden is considering Janet Woodcock, a Food and Drug Administration veteran, to lead the agency. Woodcock has been working with Operation Warp Speed to speed up the development of COVID-19 therapies. (Bloomberg)
Biden advisor Michael Osterholm warns that the President-elect’s goal of distributing 100 million vaccine doses within 100 days may prove challenging. “It’s not going to occur quickly,” he stressed. (STAT)
Health technology company Accolade is planning on buying 2nd.MD, a telemedicine start-up, for $460 million. The acquisition is part of Accolade’s effort to assemble a network of medical experts. (CNBC Weekly)
Bristol Myers Squibb’s EVP and president of hematology Nadim Ahmed plans to leave the company. His departure follows a $6 billion CVR implosion caused by a delay in liso-cel’s FDA approval before Dec. 31. (Endpoints News)
Instacart has joined a growing list of companies financially incentivizing its workers to get vaccinated. The company said on Thursday it would give employees $25 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP)
