As govts enter another round of negotiations for the World Health Organization (WHO) #PandemicAgreement , critical issues for access to medical products remain unresolved. Read our article-by-article comments on the latest text: msfaccess.org/msfs-comments-…

“Dissent must never lead to disorder” - President Biden.

From Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” written in 1963:

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the…

What's really important is that we condemn property damage at Columbia University.

Bijzonder onfatsoenlijk om deportaties voor een triomfantelijk campagnefilmpje te gebruiken. Van Britse conservatieven mocht je ooit enig decorum verwachten.

We are watching history unfold itself. #Gaza

. @KEI. repeated use of “mutually agreed terms” in the Pandemic Agreement text promotes a harmful & inequitable double standard for bilateral pressure when a developing country takes measures that oppose powerful commercial interests.
#inb @who #wha keionline.org/39741

.MSF Access Campaign publishes cost of TB clinical trial raising questions about pharma companies claims of R&D cost for new medicines.
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⚡️⚡️⚡️Breaking News: Colombia issues its first compulsory license (CL) for the HIV drug dolutegravir bringing the price down from US$1,224 per patient per year by ViiV to $44 through generics. This proves the power of generic competition!!! msfaccess.org/colombia-issue…

Today #Colombia issued its first-ever compulsory license, improving access to affordable generic versions of the lifesaving #HIV medicine #dolutegravir .
#MedicinesShouldntBeALuxury

msfaccess.org/colombia-issue…

Today Danaher Corporation reported $5.8 billion in revenues this quarter w/ gains in market share in its medical test biz Cepheid. Their tests are expensive in low- & middle-income countries, where disease burdens are high.

Does this sit right with you?👇
msfaccess.org/danaher-report…

The pandemic cost 7 million lives, but talks to prevent a repeat stall wapo.st/3U680Ri FrancesSteadSellers

Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment #hiv The New York Times
nytimes.com/2024/04/17/hea…

💲💊Prices for first-line HIV treatment in low & middle income nations (per person, for 1 year of treatment):

2003: $ 1200

2014: $300

2018: under $100

****Today: under $45****

THIS IS A MASSIVE GLOBAL HEALTH WIN

This is my new 'moderna plant' - likely to be the only one in Africa now...😉

Equity with a E.
Solidarity with a S.

#ModernaAfrica

In Geneva US negotiators claim a worry that compulsory sharing of technology will undermine innovation needed to fight pandemics.
Meanwhile 👇

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WTO: Colombia wants to mark the 30th anniversary of the World Trade Organization with a thorough review of its intellectual property rules, which were at the center of a protracted and ill-tempered debate during the Covid pandemic.
pro.politico.eu/news/178622 @WTO

Why has Article 9 been so pared down when it was one of the only points of consensus? Access to research knowledge & publishing of terms of govt-funded research gone when there was little objection. These were necessary provisions toward equity. #INB #PandemicAccord

Dit gebrek aan prijstransparantie is uitermate problematisch: nadelig voor de sociale zekerheid, de belastingbetaler en indirect voor de patiënt. Zoals Minister Vandenbroucke zelf aangeeft moet dit probleem aangepakt worden op Europees niveau. Onder het Belgisch EU…

no, Thierry Breton it is not at the heart of citizens' concerns (check out Eurobarometers), it is at the heart of the industry delegates that have lots of conversation space these days with this Commission. Never mind the citizen dialogues that are organised across the EU 🧐