The KN95 mask is a Chinese alternative to the scarce N95 mask, but the FDA refuses to allow it into the country.
led to the spiking of a G-7 joint communique on the pandemic.
Vernessa Pollard, an attorney at McDermott Will and Emery whose practice focuses on FDA law and who formerly worked at the agency, dismisses such concerns. She said she was aware of several healthcare providers that had been inquiring about authorization from the FDA to import KN95 masks, and understood that the agency was reviewing scientific data to determine that the respirators were truly equivalent.
Although some hospitals flat out reject KN95 masks at any price on advice of their lawyers, people rounding up masks to give to hospitals have found that individual doctors or nurses will often accept the donations, given the dire need. On March 17, the CDC
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