The US NIH will share technology with WHO to fight the pandemic
The US National Institutes of Health today committed to sharing several technologies with a World Health Organization body tasked with increasing access to Covid-19...
Legal tools that lower medicines prices have expanded access to medicines for over two...
LONDON, UK: Millions of people are priced out of access to life-saving medicines. Use of legal tools to reduce prices has been under-reported and...
Socially Responsible Licensing of Medical Technologies
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: On 31 October, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held their...
UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines calls for stronger public leadership in innovation...
The UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines published its report on 14 September. The Panel was established on 19 November 2015 by UN...
Chile’s Technology and Knowledge Transfer Bill passes Congress with important commitments on socially responsible...
On 9 June, the Chilean Congress approved a Technology and Knowledge Transfer bill (Ley de Transferencia de TecnologÃa y Conocimiento) that makes important strides...
Trump Administration poses an unprecedented threat to life-saving health programmesÂ
On his first day in office, US President Trump issued several executive orders, one of which concerns US foreign aid. This order included a...
Advanced Purchase Agreements for Covid-19 Vaccines: Do they ensure Global Public Good?
Advanced Purchase Agreements (APAs) were part of a strategy to provide upfront financing for Covid-19 vaccines and to accelerate their development and availability. Since...
FDA approval of injectable lenacapavir for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) opens the road to ending...
On 18th June 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of long-acting antiretroviral medicine lenacapavir (LEN-LA), for the prevention of...
New reports offer evidence for extending the WTO Decision on TRIPS to Covid-19 therapeutics...
In February 2024, the 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference will take place. WTO Members are expected to decide whether to extend the...
World Health Organization Members ask for more time to solve difficult negotiations on access...
World Health Organization member states will propose to continue negotiations on a critical annex to the Pandemic Agreement, after being unable to bridge key...