WTO Covid-19 TRIPS Decision: Some observations from Ellen 't Hoen Medicines Law&Policy medicineslawandpolicy.org/2022/06/wto-co…

In PhRMA’s most recent US Trade submission (301) they said that all forms of socialised healthcare & price controls - from the South Korean model to the UK NHS - damage ‘innovation incentives’

Heart stopping performance from arooj aftab tonight at the Barbican, even bringing Anoushka Shankar on stage to add to the magic

🔴 Professor Martin Loughlin has published a new book Against Constitutionalism (Harvard University Press, 2022). #law #lselaw #newbook Read a review essay discussing Against Constitutionalism in the current issue of the Harvard Law Review and more.👇 lse.ac.uk/law/news/2022/…

This Fri 24th-Sat 25th June, the LSE Featherstone Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Moot Competition 2022 will take place LSE Law School LSE-Featherstone LGBT+ Moot - looking forward to meeting many great mooters & judges! lse.ac.uk/law/community/…

Fintan O’Toole: On issue of Covid vaccines for all, Ireland has tested positive for political cowardice irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/0…

RIP Dennis Cahill, the greatest guitar accompanist in Irish traditional music & the perfect foil to Martin Hayes rte.ie/culture/2022/0…

A vital question: Can mRNA manufacturing become more global? iavi.org/iavi-report/ca…

“Enanta's patent covers a chemical compound that blocks the coronavirus from reproducing. The lawsuit said Paxlovid works in the same way as Enanta's patented antiviral.” reuters.com/legal/governme…

“The multilateral negotiating process has, in summary, been too slow and unbalanced to respond to the urgent needs of the largest part of the world population.”

When academics make expert policy interventions we always run the risk of backlash from (vastly) more powerful actors in industry. Solidarity with Anupam Chander

'The sense now pervades the Brexit nomenklatura that the “actually existing Brexit”, as their Soviet counterparts would presumably have called it, is failing... the public views it as a major cause of our economic woes, rather than part of the answer...' newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

Congratulations to the team from Oxford-Brookes on winning the LSE-Featherstone LGBT+ Moot LSE Law School !

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